Members of the Cardinal team celebrate Austin Wilson's walkoff home run. (Photo: Mac)
The weather cooperated with baseball for once this weekend in the Bay Area.
Saturday’s game against the University of Southern California Trojans was rained out and a doubleheader was scheduled for Sunday, Mar 25.
The series marks No. 3 Stanford’s first meeting with a Pac-12 team this season.
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A.J. Vanegas pitches against the St. Mary's College Gaels. (Photo: Mac)
Tuesday afternoon, the Cardinal team ventured to Moraga, Calif. to face the Gaels at St. Mary’s College of California.
RHP A.J. Vanegas pitched five strong innings, giving up only three hits and allowing no runs.
The Card offense proved, once again, that they can get things done.
He may be small, but he packs a punch.
This kid sounds adorable:
When asked how his friends and teammates at CBC High school and the Rawlings Prospects might characterize him, David Schmidt pauses, grins, and then answers, “probably the kid that always has the goofy smile.” His answer didn’t need any further verification; it was right there.
Schmidt is considered ‘small.’ I don’t really think he is; small is relative. He’s around 6’0″-6’1″, which to me is pretty tall because I’m only 5’2″. For a pitcher, however, he’s smaller than most, and naturally, this means he’s drawn comparisons to Tim Lincecum, Roy Oswalt and Jake Peavy. Those aren’t bad names to be amongst, to be honest.
Schmidt led his high school team, Christian Brothers High School in St. Louis, to a state championship during his junior year. It’s always good to have some leadership skills. He also played hockey during his freshman and sophomore years, so I’m glad we’ve got him on our side in case we get into a bench-clearing brawl at some point. He was shut down for most of last season with injuries, but he managed to return late and he contributed positively.
Nine himself sounds pretty pleased with this one:
“We are excited that David will be coming to Stanford. We feel he is one of the top right-handed high school pitchers in the country. We expect for him to come in and pitch for us as a freshman.”
That’s a ringing endorsement, Mr. Marquess! When he’s not pitching, Schmidt plays center field, but he’ll probably be pitching immediately. The last time freshman starters impacted the team right away…well, Mooneyham, Pries and Appel all did it, and we adore them all, so Schmidt sounds like he’s going in the right direction. I for one am very excited to watch him pitch!
There aren’t really any good pitching videos out there, but here’s one of Schmidt during workouts at his high school. At least you can get a good idea of what he’s like from this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZhY-dnPM7I
And lastly, I’m leaving you with this article. Look at the picture that comes with it. LOOK. IT IS ADORABLE.
Welcome to the Farm, David! We’re glad to have you.
…yeah, doesn’t that make you feel old? Because it makes me feel old. This is the first college class to enter college since I’ve graduated from my own illustrious institute of education. It’s really weird to think about.
Anyway, for the next several days, I’ll be introducing you to each member of the Class of 2015 to join the baseball team. Expect a piece to run every other day or so. Seven of these kids were actually picked in the MLB Draft this past June (if you look hard enough, you’ll find their names on this list). We’re ranked 10th overall in terms of incoming class according to Collegiate Baseball.
Here are the names you should be prepared to know. We’ll introduce you formally to a new kid every other day:
Get ready, folks – it’s gonna be an exciting ride. Keep your grades up, it’s almost Christmas break!
