{"id":26233,"date":"2015-05-13T10:28:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T17:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=26233"},"modified":"2015-05-13T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T17:28:16","slug":"call-up-to-new-zealand-black-sox-comes-out-of-the-blue-for-17-year-old-cole-evans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=26233","title":{"rendered":"Call up to New Zealand Black Sox comes out of the blue for 17 year old Cole Evans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_19958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19958\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=4&amp;objectid=11447420\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Black-sox-photo-300x172.jpg\" alt=\"Click logo for article.\" width=\"300\" height=\"172\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19958\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Black-sox-photo-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Black-sox-photo.jpg 316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click logo for article.<\/figcaption><\/figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=4&#038;objectid=11447420\" target=\"_blank\">From the New Zealand Herald<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>17-year-old will be youngest in squad for softball worlds in Canada.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cole Evans didn&#8217;t have Mark Sorenson&#8217;s number in his phone when the Black Sox coach called with the news he will be the youngest in the New Zealand softball squad for next month&#8217;s world championships in Canada. But he does now.<\/p>\n<p>Despite trialing earlier in the year, the 17-year-old Mt Albert Grammar School Year 13 student and centre infielder says he had no inkling he was on the Black Sox radar.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think I would get a look-in, with the amount of talent in New Zealand, and especially in the position I play.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sorenson spoke of Evans having the x-factor, a big call on one so young, but then he was just 16 when he got the call-up to the 1984 world champs. His philosophy is clearly if you are good enough, you are old enough.<\/p>\n<p>Evans seems like a grounded young man &#8211; his grandfather and MAGS premier coach Stu Kinghorn helps ensure that &#8211; but he is confident he will have what it takes should he receive game-time at the champs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/sport\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=4&#038;objectid=11447420\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the complete story at the New Zealand Herald and to view photo.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the New Zealand Herald 17-year-old will be youngest in squad for softball worlds in Canada. Cole Evans didn&#8217;t have Mark Sorenson&#8217;s number in his phone when the Black Sox coach called with the news he will be the youngest in the New Zealand softball squad for next month&#8217;s world championships in Canada. 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