{"id":3239,"date":"2009-05-28T15:46:54","date_gmt":"2009-05-28T22:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3239"},"modified":"2009-05-29T13:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T20:22:00","slug":"best-of-the-west-team-profile-california-athletics-%e2%80%93-taylor-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/?p=3239","title":{"rendered":"Best of the West team profile – California Athletics \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Taylor Farms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best of the West – May 30-31<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This is the eighth in a series of team profiles for teams competing in this year’s Best of the West tournament.<\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to Ron Guzman for this information:<\/p>\n

California Athletics \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Taylor Farms<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ron Guzman Manager
\nDavid Weldin Coach<\/p>\n

Dave Drotzmann P
\nMike Egerdeen P
\nTravis Price P<\/p>\n

Jeff Twist C
\nPat Fuentes INF
\nMarcus Tan INF
\nKevin Castillo INF
\nSteve Pinocchio INF
\nEddie Martin INF
\nJames Close INF\/OF
\nChase Turner INF\/OF
\nShawn Mandolesi OF
\nNate Devine OF
\nDavid Kimura OF
\nJason Porto OF
\nMandolesi, Shawn OF <\/p>\n

Editor’s notes: <\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

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. <\/p>\n

Here’s how the roster breaks down:<\/p>\n

From the (ISC II champion) California Lumberkings<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Ron Guzman Manager
\nDavid Weldin Coach
\nDave Drotzmann P
\nMike Egerdeen P
\nJeff Twist C
\nPat Fuentes INF
\nMarcus Tan INF
\nKevin Castillo INF
\nEddie Martin INF
\nJames Close INF\/OF
\nMandolesi, Shawn OF\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Last year’s (ISC) So Cal Bombers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steve Pinocchio INF
\nNate Devine OF
\nDavid Kimura OF\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Last year’s (ISC) Team Rainey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chase Turner INF\/OF
\nJason Porto OF\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From Last year’s (ISC) Minn Dak Millers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Travis Price P<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to view other team profiles<\/strong><\/a> for the 2009 Best of the West tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Taylor Farms Ron Guzman Manager David Weldin Coach Dave Drotzmann P Mike Egerdeen P Travis Price P […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,18,6,11,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3239\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/morningbrief\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}