Best of the West – May 30-31
This is the eighth in a series of team profiles for teams competing in this year’s Best of the West tournament.
Thanks to Ron Guzman for this information:
California Athletics – Taylor Farms
Ron Guzman Manager
David Weldin Coach
Dave Drotzmann P
Mike Egerdeen P
Travis Price P
Jeff Twist C
Pat Fuentes INF
Marcus Tan INF
Kevin Castillo INF
Steve Pinocchio INF
Eddie Martin INF
James Close INF/OF
Chase Turner INF/OF
Shawn Mandolesi OF
Nate Devine OF
David Kimura OF
Jason Porto OF
Mandolesi, Shawn OF
Editor’s notes: Readers will recognize a good portion of that lineup as the champions of the ISC II division, from last year’s Tournament of Champions. Mix that with batch of front line ISC World tournament players, from the So Cal Bombers, (Devine, Kimura and Pinocchio) , two members of Team Rainey (Porto and Turner) plus Minn Dak Miller pitcher Travis Price, who returns to his roots in California, and you have quite a potent lineup here. Turner, coincidentally was last year’s Best of the West MVP for the defending Best of the West champions, Team Rainey.
This will be the first look we’ve had at the squad that has its sights set on the ISC World Tournament in Quad Cities.
Here’s how the roster breaks down:
From the (ISC II champion) California Lumberkings:
Ron Guzman Manager
David Weldin Coach
Dave Drotzmann P
Mike Egerdeen P
Jeff Twist C
Pat Fuentes INF
Marcus Tan INF
Kevin Castillo INF
Eddie Martin INF
James Close INF/OF
Mandolesi, Shawn OF
From Last year’s (ISC) So Cal Bombers
Steve Pinocchio INF
Nate Devine OF
David Kimura OF
From Last year’s (ISC) Team Rainey
Chase Turner INF/OF
Jason Porto OF
From Last year’s (ISC) Minn Dak Millers
Travis Price P
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