“Once in a lifetime prospect” Stephen Strasburg drafted #1
 

Former Torrington Twister and current San Diego State hurler Steve Strasburg was the overall first pick in the MLB First-Year Player Draft. The Washington Nationals, to no one’s surprise, picked Strasburg who’s been touted by many major league scouts as a once in a lifetime prospect. Over his 3 years with SDSU he compiled a 22-7 record with an eye-popping 1.59 ERA. He held opponents to a
.171 average while striking out 375 and walking only 50 in 243 1/3 innings. In 2009 he went 13-1 and capped off the year tossing a no-hitter in his final home game getting his team into the postseason for the first time since 1991. Steve was a closer for the Twisters and was set to return for a second summer when Team USA came calling. He did return to Torrington but this time wearing the red, whit and blue. He was the lone amateur on the USA Olympic team. Needless to say the New England Collegiate Baseball League is proud of Steve and we wish him a long and successful career.
 

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Brian Wilson Saves Johnson’s 300th victory

In 2001, little did San Francisco Giants closer Brian Wilson know when he pitched for the NECBL’s Keene Swamp Bats, that his path would cross with future Hall of Famer Randy Johnson. It’s 2009 and the five-time Cy Young Award winner was attempting to become only the 24th pitcher to achieve the lofty goal of winning 300 games. Johnson threw 6 innings of 2-hit ball allowing only 1 unearned run. It was Wilson’s gut-wrenching task to save the game escaping a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the eighth inning by retiring the Washington Nationals’  Adam Dunn on a called third strike, and then pitched the ninth to notch his 13th save and preserve Johnson's triumph.
 

Week #3 - Ending 6/28/09

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