This story ran last week, during the Senior Canadians in Saskatoon. Though that tournament has concluded, we thought this story on one of the West Coast’s finest players was worth sharing.
With Mayson as clutch, Grey Sox hit second gear
Darren Zary
The StarPhoenix
Wednesday, August 27, 2008If the bases are loaded with two outs and the winning run at third base, Vancouver Grey Sox coach John Stuart knows exactly who he’d like at the plate.
His first pick would be young Derek Mayson, a member of Canada’s national men’s softball team and four-year veteran with the defending national champion Grey Sox.
Mayson, 24, can do as much in the clutch as anybody gathered in Saskatoon this week for the 2008 Ramada Canadian senior A men’s fastpitch championship.
“Of all the guys I’ve coached over the years, he’s the guy I want there with two out and the bases loaded,” Stuart said Tuesday afternoon after watching the Grey Sox blank the Horse Lake, Alta., Thunder 3-0 at Bob Van Impe Stadium.
“I’m confident in Derek. He’s definitely a key member of our batting lineup. I feel he’s one of the top five hitters in Canada. He’s a threat to do anything. He can lay it down, he hits the long ball and he hits the ball hard. Even if he hits the ball hard on the ground, he usually finds a hole or hits somebody hard and he still gets on base. He’s a very patient hitter.
