Summer Baseball Starts

posted by Scott Hood on Wednesday, June 20, 2007

In the nine days since USC lost to North Carolina in Game 3 of the Chapel Hill Super Regional, Gamecock players have scattered throughout the South and Northeast to play in various summer baseball leagues. One player, of course, is not playing in an actual league – first baseman Justin Smoak is part of the U.S. National Team that will participate in the Pan American Games in Brazil and the World Port Tournament in the Netherlands. Here's where Gamecock players are spending their summer:

U.S. National Team (1) - Justin Smoak

Cape Cod League (5) - Mike Cisco (Cotuit), Reese Havens (Cotuit), James Darnell (Hyannis), Andrew Crisp (Chatham), Wynn Pelzer (Orleans).

Coastal Plains League (8) - Blake Cooper (Columbia), Nick Godwin (Columbia), Curtis Johnson (Columbia), Adam Crisp (Columbia), Kyle Enders (Spartanburg), Alex Farotto (Spartanburg), Evan Goldberg (Spartanburg), Parker Bangs (Fayetteville).

Valley League (2) - Chris Love (Fauquier), DeAngelo Mack (Staunton).

Northwoods League (1) - Sean Wideberg (St. Cloud).

We'll follow these players through the summer and report on how they're doing.

Five USC players expected to play key roles next season are not playing summer league baseball – Trent Kline, Craig Thomas, Harley Lail, Will Atwood and Phil Disher. Many of these players are either taking summer classes or working out with strength and conditioning coach Billy Anderson.

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