Click the camera above to view Gallery 3.
If this gallery feels like deja vu, you’re right — the first 11 photos appeared in the original Gallery 1 on Monday night, which sorted out of order. The second half of this gallery contains brand new pictures, including a good one of CPI player/manager Mike Cutro.
At this year’s AAU, Mike’s squad made it all the way to Sunday and the Final Four, falling to eventual champion Mac’s Sprayers. CPI finished in a third place tie with Broken Bow, NE, a remarkable run for an ISC II team, or any team for that matter, competing against some of the top ISC World tournament teams and players. On Saturday night, before one of the largest crowds of the tournament, CPI played eliminated former two-time-AAU champion Los Socios of Venezuela, to advance to the Final Four, where they eliminated a very solid Chicago/NY team from the Dominican Republic. Pitcher Shaun Winship, who hit a walk-off home run in the ISC II playoffs, Winship again played a key role in CPI’s success this year at the AAU. Their strong run at Orlando will no doubt have the ranking committee for the ISC II taking note, something the fans back in Oswego have been doing for some time.
Gallery 3 also includes some early tournament shots of this year’s Champions, Mac’s Sprayers, including a shot of pitcher Rob O’Brien, one-quarter of the four-headed pitching monster that shared the Most Valuable Pitcher’s Trophy.
There are also a couple of Salt Lake City’s Cody Thompson, who pitched for Ohio Battery at this year’s AAU.
Another pitcher in Orlando from out west was Robby Epps, in uniform here for Los Socios of Venezuela.
Gallery 3 also has a couple good ones of one of the games best pitchers, Frank Cox, with the Broken Bow Gremlins, along with skipper Steve Kooser, shown here enjoying the sunny portion of this year’s tournament.
