{"id":15573,"date":"2011-11-26T08:16:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15573"},"modified":"2011-11-26T08:17:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T16:17:32","slug":"young-kiwis-see-opportunity-in-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=15573","title":{"rendered":"Young Kiwis see opportunity in Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cap tip Blair Setford.<\/em><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15557\" style=\"width: 167px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.co.nz\/Young-Kiwis-see-opportunity-in-Baseball\/tabid\/415\/articleID\/234221\/Default.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/3news.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"3news\" width=\"167\" height=\"115\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15557\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click for complete story.<\/figcaption><\/figure><em>By Ross Karl<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Major league scouts are in town<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nThe lure of Major League Baseball isn&#8217;t just catching the eye of Black Sox defectors. <\/p>\n<p>Young softballers have the chance to trial in front of Baltimore Orioles scouts in January and they&#8217;re more than willing to take it up.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Blue Jays signing Scott Campbell&#8217;s one step from Major League Baseball and he&#8217;s desperate to see more Kiwis have the chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s so much athletic ability in this country. You know it&#8217;s just good to see that we&#8217;re starting to take some of those kids into baseball and give them an opportunity to do something with this game,\u201d says Scott Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell&#8217;s travelling the country with New Zealand under-18 Coach Matt Mills trialing any young athletes interested.<\/p>\n<p>Perform well and they can play in front of the Baltimore Orioles scouts.<br \/>\n\u201cThese guys have a head start because softball skills are so translatable to baseball. But there are some raw skills, the foot speed, the arm strength, the way that someone is built, that you just can&#8217;t teach,\u201d says Mills.<\/p>\n<p>Wellington&#8217;s trial featured solely softballers who see greater opportunities in baseball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver in America and Japan and all around the World. But in softball I don&#8217;t really know of many big softball competitions,\u201d says trialist Joe Perez.  Campbell who plays the level below the Majors knows its hard work getting to the top.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3news.co.nz\/Young-Kiwis-see-opportunity-in-Baseball\/tabid\/415\/articleID\/234221\/Default.aspx#ixzz1epRJKi1F\">Click here to continue reading.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cap tip Blair Setford. By Ross Karl Major league scouts are in town The lure of Major League Baseball isn&#8217;t just catching the eye of Black Sox defectors. Young softballers have the chance to trial in front of Baltimore Orioles scouts in January and they&#8217;re more than willing to take it up. 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