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Cook and Williams Push For Roster Spots
March 7, 2057
Is there anything more exciting that seeing a set of kids get their feet wet in a new pool? That’s what’s happening on Catalina Island, where shortstops Mitchell Cook (18) and Keith Williams (19) have been wowing the coaching staff. After ten spring games, Cook – an international complex guy – has blasted a double and a homer in eight plate appearances, and Williams (wo played A-ball last year) has four hits in his 12 AB. The pair have combined to a .380 OBP.
“It's enough to make a grown man giddy!” said Parun Jacob, a fan from New Zealand who ‘Doored-in’ as the cool kids are calling it, specifically to catch the team’s victory over Sacramento yesterday. “I loved watching Earth’s team, and to see a fellow Kiwi playing is great fun. I’m coming back tomorrow!”
Mitchell Cook is from New Plymouth in New Zealand.
Deciding to capitalize on the excitement, the team has announced that a few games next week will highlight the two, with Cook manning the shortstop position, and Willams getting some reps in at second base. “It’s really too early to think the pair will break camp with us,” said manager Richard Lawson. “That would be putting too much pressure on them. But I don’t think it’s out of line to say that in a year or two those guys are going to be in the mix for starting roles. It’ll be fun to see how they work with each other.”
Both players are known for their prodigious ethic approaching the game, and after the announcement were seen huddled together in a restaurant going over scouting reports of the Omaha Cyclones, the team the Krill are scheduled to face tomorrow.
It should be noted that the team has also been discussing deploying 23-year-old, switch-hitting third-baseman Kata Ishibashi in some of those games, which would give the club a true futuristic feel. Ishibashi played in A-ball last year, but is considered a darkhorse contender to play on the Atoll sometime in 2057 because the team is excited about his power, particularly from the left side of the plate. “He needs to make some adjustments to make better contact,” said one scout. “But we’re expecting he’ll be able to.”
Regardless, it appears good things are brewing in Krill country.
Perhaps the only variable is time.
March 7, 2057
Is there anything more exciting that seeing a set of kids get their feet wet in a new pool? That’s what’s happening on Catalina Island, where shortstops Mitchell Cook (18) and Keith Williams (19) have been wowing the coaching staff. After ten spring games, Cook – an international complex guy – has blasted a double and a homer in eight plate appearances, and Williams (wo played A-ball last year) has four hits in his 12 AB. The pair have combined to a .380 OBP.
“It's enough to make a grown man giddy!” said Parun Jacob, a fan from New Zealand who ‘Doored-in’ as the cool kids are calling it, specifically to catch the team’s victory over Sacramento yesterday. “I loved watching Earth’s team, and to see a fellow Kiwi playing is great fun. I’m coming back tomorrow!”
Mitchell Cook is from New Plymouth in New Zealand.
Deciding to capitalize on the excitement, the team has announced that a few games next week will highlight the two, with Cook manning the shortstop position, and Willams getting some reps in at second base. “It’s really too early to think the pair will break camp with us,” said manager Richard Lawson. “That would be putting too much pressure on them. But I don’t think it’s out of line to say that in a year or two those guys are going to be in the mix for starting roles. It’ll be fun to see how they work with each other.”
Both players are known for their prodigious ethic approaching the game, and after the announcement were seen huddled together in a restaurant going over scouting reports of the Omaha Cyclones, the team the Krill are scheduled to face tomorrow.
It should be noted that the team has also been discussing deploying 23-year-old, switch-hitting third-baseman Kata Ishibashi in some of those games, which would give the club a true futuristic feel. Ishibashi played in A-ball last year, but is considered a darkhorse contender to play on the Atoll sometime in 2057 because the team is excited about his power, particularly from the left side of the plate. “He needs to make some adjustments to make better contact,” said one scout. “But we’re expecting he’ll be able to.”
Regardless, it appears good things are brewing in Krill country.
Perhaps the only variable is time.
