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| + | == Ultimate Astros Appel shakes off rough start to pro == | ||
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| + | <html>TROY, N.Y. ― One pitch into his professional career, Mark Appel was watching his center fielder chase a triple that went over his head. | ||
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| + | Two pitches in, the Astros’ No. 1 pick in the draft was trailing. | ||
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| + | “Welcome to pro ball,” Appel said Friday. | ||
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| + | Twenty-six pitches in, he was safely back in the Tri-City ValleyCats dugout, having encountered some early rust and an aggressive opponent but more or less surviving his greatly anticipated debut. | ||
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| + | A learning experience | ||
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| + | The second inning, which he was no guarantee to finish given his pitch count in the first, went quickly on three groundouts by eager Lowell batters. | ||
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| + | “After the first pitch he was in war,[http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350246077266&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT How to Attract More Visitors to Know Your Software],[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/Nike-49ers-Blank-Red-Elite-2013-Super-Bowl-XLVII-Jersey-29166/ Nike 49ers Blank Red Elite 2013 Super Bowl XLVII Jersey],” Tri-City manager Ed Romero said. “I think it’s something he’s going to learn from and he’ll be prepared. (In the second inning) he knew what he was up against and he started using his breaking stuff more instead of basically relying on the fastball in the beginning and he started to pitch better.” | ||
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| + | Appel, who also throws a slider and a changeup, worked off a fastball that according to a scout in attendance, was mostly sitting at 94-95 mph and looked “comfortable.” | ||
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| + | “It wasn’t my best, but it wasn’t my worst,” Appel said. “I think it was a good starting point for the rest of the season. I was just glad to get out there, get my feet wet and get my work in because that’s what it’s about right now.” | ||
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| + | Peak velocity, which for Appel at Stanford was in the upper 90s, was not expected given that he hadn’t seen game action in 42 days because Stanford failed to make the NCAA Tournament following Appel’s last regular-season start ― a win over UCLA. He had spent a week at the Astros’ spring training complex in Kissimmee, Fla.,[http://www.agri-sci.com/index.php?option=com_blog&view=blog Cost Effective SEO And SEM Services, Bangalore T], trying to get sharp again. This was hardly an ordinary outing, though. | ||
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| + | D’Andre Toney, who started for the ValleyCats in left field, said nobody wanted to make a bad play to ruin Appel’s first start, a level of grandiosity that Appel was by no means trying to project. | ||
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| + | “It was a long time coming, but I didn’t try to approach it any different from any other game,” said Appel, who will likely make one more start for the short-season club before moving on to a higher-level minor league affiliate. | ||
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| + | History in the making | ||
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| + | There was plenty of excitement for the debut in Upstate New York, where the ValleyCats were selling Appel shirts with the No. 28. (His Stanford number of 26 was taken, so the ValleyCats assigned him his Team USA number.) | ||
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| + | And a crowd of 5,854 squeezed into a stadium of 4,500 seats to see the first No. 1 overall pick in the minor league club’s history and a win on a walk-off passed ball in the 10th inning ― a play Appel claims with witnesses in the clubhouse to have predicted from the dugout. | ||
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| + | There were also authenticators from Major League Baseball at the ballpark to save the memorabilia depicting all of Appel’s firsts. | ||
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| + | “I didn’t know about that until probably an hour and a half before the game,” Appel said. “I don’t know if any of that stuff will ever mean anything down the road,[http://www.jerseys-hearts.com/Nike-Colts-12-Luck-Lights-Out-Black-Elite-Jerseys-20533/ Nike Colts 12 Luck Lights Out Black Elite Jerseys], but it’s pretty cool.” | ||
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| + | Zachary Levine is a freelance writer.</html> | ||
