{"id":2541,"date":"2008-06-09T22:25:12","date_gmt":"2008-06-10T05:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2008-06-10T09:26:59","modified_gmt":"2008-06-10T16:26:59","slug":"pitching-pipeline-from-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"Argentine Pitching Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/argentina.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While New Zealand and Canadian pitching has fueled many an American team during the past several decades, more and more teams are discovering another hotbed of talent &#8211; Argentina.   <\/p>\n<p>This past weekend, plenty of Argentine pitching talent was on display  in Santa Barbara at the Best of the West tournament, including tournament Most Valuable Pitcher, Sebastian Gervasutti, who pitched for the eventual winner, Team Rainey\/IAC, Lucas Mata, who pitched for the highest ranked team (# 5) A1 So Cal Bombers,  Matias Tessore, who pitched for the third place team, Portland DeMarini (pictured above)  and young Guido Silbert, all of 18 years old, who pitched for Clyde Bennett&#8217;s 23-and-under team, the Young Bucks, and soon-to-be Argentine Jr. National team in Whitehorse later this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucas Mata<\/strong> is probably the best known of this group, with back-to-back ISC World Championships to his credit in 2005 and 2006 with County Materials, followed by a runner-up finish with his current team, the So Cal Bombers in 2007.   Mata has been named to the All World team in three separate ISC World Tournaments (2003 and 2005 with County Materials and last year with his current team, the So Cal Bombers.) He teamed with Andrew Kirkpatrick in 2005 and 2006 to win World titles as members of County Materials).  He is credited with taking the So Cal Bombers to the &#8220;next level&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1930\">defeating then-top ranked Broken Bow during the 2007 season<\/a>, and again, later, <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2021\">in the ISC World Tournament<\/a>.  He is among the hardest throwers in the game.<\/p>\n<p><em>(ISC All-World Team Pitcher Lucas Mata of the So Cal Bombers)<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/bow.htm\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/lucas.mata.bombers.2007.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em> (photo by Maddy Flanagan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sebastian Gervasutti<\/strong> is but 24 years old, but already owns an ISC World Championship ring which he won as a member of The Farm Tavern team last year, and has several World Tournament under his belt, including one in 2006 with his current team, Team Rainey, <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=1123\">in which he beat higher ranked opponents<\/a>.  Sebastian is a different type of pitcher than Mata, but can be equally effective, known for the tight rotation and movement of his pitches, and also for his quick smile and amiable nature.  At Santa Barbara this past weekend, Mata and Gervasutti traded 2-1 wins, with Sebastian&#8217;s coming on Sunday to eliminate Mata&#8217;s Bombers.  Earlier this year, Sebastian was one named <a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2325\">Co-MVPitcher at the AAU International Tournament<\/a><br \/>\n in Orlando, helping his Mac&#8217;s Sprayers team win the 2008 championship.  Perhaps his greatest accomplishment to date was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.softbolsonora.org\/9octubre06\/festejo4.jpg\"><strong>pitching the Argentine National team to the bronze medal<\/strong><\/a> in the Pan Am Games in 2006 at Hermosillo, Mexico.  The irony was that Argentina&#8217;s bronze bumped the USA off the medal stand, to 4th place.<br \/>\n<em><br \/>\n(Sebastian Gervasutti of Team Rainey\/IAC, Best of the West MVPitcher)<\/em><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Seba.BoW.2006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em> (photo by Maddy Flanagan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nMatias Tessore<\/strong> is also in his early 20&#8217;s, with ISC World Tournament experience, last year, as a member of the Bloomington, Illinois team.  Matias is with Portland DeMarini, which finished in a third place tie in the Best of the West, winning a berth to the ISC World Tournament.  Matias is physically larger than the others, and appears to have veteran pitching savvy.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Matias Tessore of Portland DeMarini)<\/em><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Matias.Tessore.Portland.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><em> (photo by Maddy Flanagan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Guido Silbert<\/strong> is 18 years old, having met Dave Blackburn while David&#8217;s Maccabiah team was competing in Buenos Aires earlier this year.  Dave introduced him to Clyde Bennett, and Guido (properly pronounced Gee-doh with a hard G as in got, not Gwee-do, as Spanish is the native language).  Guido is also a member of the Argentine Jr. National team that will be competing in the ISF Jr. World Championships, in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada.  <\/p>\n<p><em>(Guido Silbert of Santa Barbara Young Bucks)<\/em><br \/>\n<img src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/images2\/Guido.Silbert.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em> (photo by Maddy Flanagan)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There are, of course, others across the country.  Illinois teams in particular have bolstered their pitching staffs with Argentine pitching &#8212; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=2187\">Juan Potolicchio<\/a><\/strong>, of Dolan &#038; Murphys, Tessore and <strong>Max Montero<\/strong> of the Bloomington Stix, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/photos\/2004\/rose_cup\/RoseCup_2004_099.jpg\"><strong>Roberto Bahler<\/strong><\/a>, of Thomson, Illinois, and formerly of Portland DeMarini in the early 2000&#8217;s, one of the first to come stateside to pitch.   <strong>Jose Betto Guerrinieri<\/strong> pitched with the Townline team in Wisconsin last year.  This year, Montero will be in Pueblo Colorado, with another well known Argentine pitcher, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/photos\/rosecup\/2003\/photos_rose_cup_2003\/pitchers\/images\/RoseCup03_201.jpg\"><strong>Francisco (&#8216;Sisko) Sabate<\/strong><\/a>, on the Bandit team.  Sisko&#8217;s dad is the manager of the Argentine National team, and Sisko serves as pitching coach.   A number of Argentine players have spent time playing in Omaha, Nebraska, after the 19 and under Argentine team toured their a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p><em> (Did I leave anyone out?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>With this kind of talent, it is a safe bet that teams looking for talented pitching will continue to look south to Buenos Aires and other parts of Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>A question that I have heard more than once, is &#8220;why the Italian sounding names&#8221; if Argentina is a Spanish speaking country ?   The answer: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is estimated between 20 to 25 million Argentines have some degree of Italian descent (over 60% of the total population). Italians began arriving to Argentina in great numbers in the 1870s, and this migratory flow continued to the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Italian settlement in Argentina, along with Spanish settlement, formed the backbone of today&#8217;s Argentine society. Argentine culture has significant connections to Italian culture, also in terms of language, customs and traditions.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian population in Argentina is the second largest in the world, by numbers, outside of Italy (after Brazil).  Italian historian, Marcello De Cecco has specified:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>    &#8220;Italians, as it is known, were a people of emigrants. For many centuries, they spread out into the four corners of the world. Nevertheless only in two countries, they constitute the majority of the population: in Italy and in Argentina&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_settlement_in_Argentina\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Spanish, for the people of Argentina:<br \/>\n<em>En espa\u00c3\u00b1ol, para el pueblo de la Argentina:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>En espa\u00c3\u00b1ol, para el pueblo de la Argentina:<\/p>\n<p>(Disculpas por la traducci\u00c3\u00b3n, sino que se hizo con el traductor de Google.)<\/p>\n<p>Pitching gasoducto argentino<br \/>\n9 de Junio, 2008<\/p>\n<p>Si bien Nueva Zelanda y Canad\u00c3\u00a1 lanzamiento ha alimentado muchos un equipo americano durante los \u00c3\u00baltimos decenios, cada vez m\u00c3\u00a1s equipos est\u00c3\u00a1n descubriendo otro foco de talento &#8211; Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Este fin de semana pasado, un mont\u00c3\u00b3n de talento argentino de lanzamiento se exhiben en Santa B\u00c3\u00a1rbara en el Best of the West torneo, incluidos los torneos m\u00c3\u00a1s valioso Pitcher, Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n Gervasutti, que lanz\u00c3\u00b3 para el eventual ganador, el Equipo Rainey \/ IAC, Lucas Mata, que lanz\u00c3\u00b3 para el equipo mejor clasificado (# 5) Por lo tanto, Cal A1 Bombers, Mat\u00c3\u00adas Tessore, que lanz\u00c3\u00b3 para el tercer lugar del equipo, Portland DeMarini (en la foto arriba) y Guido Silbert j\u00c3\u00b3venes, todos de 18 a\u00c3\u00b1os, que lanz\u00c3\u00b3 para Clyde Bennett&#8217;s 23 &#8212; y-en virtud de equipo, el joven Bucks, y pronto a ser argentino Jr Nacional en Whitehorse equipo a finales de este mes.<\/p>\n<p>Lucas Mata es probablemente la m\u00c3\u00a1s conocida de este grupo, con back-to-back ISC Campeonatos del Mundo a su cr\u00c3\u00a9dito en 2005 y 2006 con el Condado de Materiales, seguido por un corredor-hasta terminar con su actual equipo, los Bombers lo tanto, Cal en 2007. Mata ha sido nombrado para el All World equipo en tres torneos ISC Mundo (2003 y 2005 con el Condado de Materiales y el a\u00c3\u00b1o pasado con su actual equipo, los Bombers lo tanto, Cal.) \u00c3\u2030l se unieron con Andrew Kirkpatrick en 2005 y 2006 para ganar t\u00c3\u00adtulos como Mundo los miembros del Condado de Materiales). \u00c3\u2030l se acredita con la toma As\u00c3\u00ad Cal Bombers al &#8220;siguiente nivel&#8221;, luego de derrotar a top ranking Broken Bow durante la temporada 2007, y de nuevo, m\u00c3\u00a1s tarde, en el Torneo Mundial de ISC. \u00c3\u2030l es uno de los m\u00c3\u00a1s throwers en el juego.<\/p>\n<p>(ISC All-World Team Pitcher Lucas Mata de los Bombers As\u00c3\u00ad Cal)<\/p>\n<p>(foto de Maddy Flanagan)<\/p>\n<p>Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n Gervasutti no es sino 24 a\u00c3\u00b1os, pero ya es propietaria de un Campeonato del Mundo de ISC anillo que gan\u00c3\u00b3 en calidad de miembro de La Granja Taberna equipo el a\u00c3\u00b1o pasado, y tiene varias Torneo Mundial bajo su cintur\u00c3\u00b3n, incluido uno en 2006 con su actual equipo, el Equipo Rainey , En la que venci\u00c3\u00b3 al m\u00c3\u00a1s alto clasificado opositores. Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n es un tipo diferente de la lanzadora de Mata, pero puede ser igualmente eficaz, conocido por el apretado y el movimiento de rotaci\u00c3\u00b3n de sus lanzamientos, y tambi\u00c3\u00a9n por su r\u00c3\u00a1pida sonrisa amable y la naturaleza. En Santa Barbara el pasado fin de semana, Mata y Gervasutti de comercio gana 2-1, con Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n el domingo pr\u00c3\u00b3ximo para eliminar la Mata Bombers. A principios de este a\u00c3\u00b1o, Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n es uno llamado Co-MVPitcher en el Torneo Internacional UCA<br \/>\nen Orlando, ayudando a su Mac&#8217;s Pulverizadores equipo ganar el campeonato 2008. Quiz\u00c3\u00a1s su mayor logro hasta la fecha de lanzamiento fue el equipo argentino Nacional para la medalla de bronce en los Juegos Panamericanos en 2006 en Hermosillo, Mexico. La iron\u00c3\u00ada es que la Argentina del bronce golpeado los EE.UU. fuera de la medalla de pie, a 4 \u00c2\u00ba lugar.<\/p>\n<p>(Sebasti\u00c3\u00a1n Gervasutti de equipo Rainey \/ IAC, Lo Mejor de Occidente MVPitcher)<\/p>\n<p>(foto de Maddy Flanagan)<\/p>\n<p>Mat\u00c3\u00adas Tessore tambi\u00c3\u00a9n est\u00c3\u00a1 en sus primeros a\u00c3\u00b1os 20, con ISC Mundo Torneo experiencia, el a\u00c3\u00b1o pasado, como miembro de la Bloomington, Illinois equipo. Mat\u00c3\u00adas est\u00c3\u00a1 con Portland DeMarini, que termin\u00c3\u00b3 en un empate en tercer lugar en el Best of the West, ganador de un puesto para el Torneo Mundial de ISC. Matias es f\u00c3\u00adsicamente m\u00c3\u00a1s grande que los dem\u00c3\u00a1s, y parece haber veterano lanzador experto.<\/p>\n<p>(Mat\u00c3\u00adas Tessore de Portland DeMarini)<br \/>\n(foto de Maddy Flanagan)<\/p>\n<p>Guido Silbert es de 18 a\u00c3\u00b1os de edad, haber cumplido Dave David Blackburn, mientras que la Macabiada equipo estaba compitiendo en Buenos Aires a principios de este a\u00c3\u00b1o. Dave lo present\u00c3\u00b3 a Clyde Bennett, y Guido (pronunciaci\u00c3\u00b3n correcta de Gee-doh con un duro como en G tiene, no Gwee-do, como el espa\u00c3\u00b1ol es el idioma nativo). Guido tambi\u00c3\u00a9n es miembro de la argentina Jr equipo nacional que estar\u00c3\u00a1n compitiendo en la ISF Jr Campeonatos del Mundo, en Whitehorse, Yukon, Canad\u00c3\u00a1.<\/p>\n<p>(Guido Silbert de Santa Barbara Young Bucks)<\/p>\n<p>(foto de Maddy Flanagan)<\/p>\n<p>Hay, por supuesto, otros en todo el pa\u00c3\u00ads. Illinois equipos, en particular, han reforzado su personal con el lanzamiento de lanzamiento Argentina &#8211; Juan Potolicchio, de Dolan y Murphys, Tessore y Max Montero de la Bloomington Stix, y Roberto Bahler, de Thomson, Illinois, y antes de Portland DeMarini a principios de los 2000&#8217;s , Uno de los primeros en venir a stateside tono. Jos\u00c3\u00a9 Betto Guerrinieri tono con el equipo Townline en Wisconsin el a\u00c3\u00b1o pasado. Este a\u00c3\u00b1o, Montero ser\u00c3\u00a1 en Pueblo Colorado, con otro argentino muy conocido lanzador, Francisco ( &#8216;Sisko) SABATE, en el equipo de Bandit. Sisko del padre es el gerente del equipo nacional argentino, Sisko y sirve como entrenador de lanzamiento. Un n\u00c3\u00bamero de jugadores argentinos han pasado tiempo jugando en Omaha, Nebraska, despu\u00c3\u00a9s de los 19 y en Argentina una gira por su equipo hace unos a\u00c3\u00b1os.<\/p>\n<p>(\u00c2\u00bfDejar a nadie fuera?)<\/p>\n<p>Con este tipo de talento, es una apuesta segura que los equipos en busca de talento lanzamiento seguir\u00c3\u00a1 buscando al sur de Buenos Aires y en otras partes de Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>Una pregunta que he o\u00c3\u00addo m\u00c3\u00a1s de una vez, es &#8220;por qu\u00c3\u00a9 el italiano nombres&#8221; si Argentina es un pa\u00c3\u00ads de habla espa\u00c3\u00b1ol? La respuesta:<\/p>\n<p>     Se calcula entre 20 a 25 millones de argentinos tienen alg\u00c3\u00ban grado de ascendencia italiana (m\u00c3\u00a1s del 60% de la poblaci\u00c3\u00b3n total). Los italianos comenzaron a llegar a la Argentina en gran n\u00c3\u00bamero en la d\u00c3\u00a9cada de 1870, y este flujo migratorio sigue el decenio de 1960.<\/p>\n<p>     Italiano asentamiento en la Argentina, junto con arreglo espa\u00c3\u00b1ol, formado la columna vertebral de la actual sociedad argentina. Cultura argentina tiene importantes conexiones con la cultura italiana, tambi\u00c3\u00a9n en t\u00c3\u00a9rminos de idioma, costumbres y tradiciones.<\/p>\n<p>     La poblaci\u00c3\u00b3n italiana en la Argentina es el segundo m\u00c3\u00a1s grande del mundo, por los n\u00c3\u00bameros, fuera de Italia (despu\u00c3\u00a9s de Brasil). Historiador italiano, Marcello De Cecco ha especificado:<\/p>\n<p>     &#8220;Italianos, como se sabe, eran un pueblo de emigrantes. Durante muchos siglos, se propagan a cabo en las cuatro esquinas del mundo. No obstante, s\u00c3\u00b3lo en dos pa\u00c3\u00adses, que constituyen la mayor\u00c3\u00ada de la poblaci\u00c3\u00b3n: en Italia y en Argentina\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fuente: Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While New Zealand and Canadian pitching has fueled many an American team during the past several decades, more and more teams are discovering another hotbed of talent &#8211; Argentina. 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