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| December 15th, 2002 | |
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The Teams: Who's Who The Goodwill Series is taking a total of four teams to Australia this year, ages ranging from 13 to 18. The Mariners Junior Team includes David Wyman, Brandon Gisi, Brad Riddle Dylan Swift, Joe De Pinto, Trevor Gee, Austin Stiles, Isamu McGregor, Lucas Sanford, Garret Trezona and Jacky Crachiola. They are coached by John Fagan and Michael Lorsbach. The Astros Team consists of Nicholas Garcia, Spenser Dennis, Trevor Kelley, Tim Roche, Jonathan Brown, Kodiak Reed, David DiNatale, Brandt Walker, Ryan Stiles, Mitchell Westbury, Brad Procopio, Darrien Acy King and Demarion Keyes. Coaches are Justin Humphries and Scipio Spinks. The Milwaukee Brewers roster includes Andy Saastamoinen, Cameron Wheeler, Xin Jin, Louie Romero, Casey McDermott, Jermiah Garcia, Jake Hoffman, James Pollak, Sebastian Miles, Chris Golik, Christ Cheng, Lei Zhang, Dong Jiang, Michael Wilson, Paul Garritson, Austin Witt, Matthew Murphy, Lei Li and Dillon Lovelace. Their coaches are Corey Rodriguez, Rob Williams, and Luo Weijun. The Toronto Blue Jays Team consists of Robert Brown, Bryan Palomo, J.T. Unumb, Kodiak Reed, Ross Smith, Kevin Mahler, Jeff Shumate, Devon Benz, Matt Mc Carthy, Brian Shaver, Nick Vaughn, Jeff Hann, Jason Luque, Philip Hann, Michael Merdin, P.J. Rousey, Johan Brito, Zack Falk and Tyler Stevens. Their general manager is Bob Williams, and coaches are Joey Davis and Charlie Aliano. |
Featured Story: The Arrival The USA teams have geared up to go on their first day in the Land Down Under as they spent the time practicing and getting to know their team mates and host families. Most landed this morning in Sydney after a fourteen hour flight from LA - the longest commercial flight in the world. After a short flight to Adelaide, they headed to the ball field to practice before a welcome barbeque and opening ceremony. This is their first chance to practice together, and for some, their first time to meet.  The Aussie teams rolled out the red carpet with a delicious Australian-style barbeque to welcome the USA players and traveling family members. They served pork hamburgers on buttered loaf-bread, along with hot dogs, coleslaw and potato salad. In the opening ceremony people stood to hear both the USA and Australia national anthem and to hear a welcome speech by the Australian hosts. The players then met their host families, with whom they will stay the duration of this tournament.  Everyone is excited about this wonderful opportunity to improve their game skills, while at the same time experiencing another culture. Astros coach Scipio Spinks says "It's a good experience to come here and join other families and see what it's like." They will meet again at the playing field at the crack of dawn tomorrow to prepare for the first game of the Adelaide tournament. |
| "Updates from Australia" generously provided by Sarah Brown | |
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