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Toledo receives verbal from top area baseball recruit
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 4:56 pm
by duckunder53
Elmwood senior outfielder/pitcher Ben Hammer has verballed to the University of Toledo for baseball. Hammer has batted over .500 for the last two years garnering All-Ohio honors while leading his team to a 2007 Division III State Runner-up finish. Not to mention Ben is very bright (4.0 GPA I believe) and a model citizen.
The only reason I am posting this is because it is odd to me that the baseball coaches couldn't do more to get this athlete to play at BGSU. Especially considering the fact that he could go for free as his mother works at BGSU. Besides that, I am happy for Ben and his family and I know he will do very well at UT.
Re: Toledo receives verbal from top area baseball recruit
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:08 am
by Bleeding Orange
duckunder53 wrote:Elmwood senior outfielder/pitcher Ben Hammer has verballed to the University of Toledo for baseball. Hammer has batted over .500 for the last two years garnering All-Ohio honors while leading his team to a 2007 Division III State Runner-up finish. Not to mention Ben is very bright (4.0 GPA I believe) and a model citizen.
The only reason I am posting this is because it is odd to me that the baseball coaches couldn't do more to get this athlete to play at BGSU. Especially considering the fact that he could go for free as his mother works at BGSU. Besides that, I am happy for Ben and his family and I know he will do very well at UT.
He must like Kenny Rogers.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:58 am
by h2oville rocket
Sounds like he can go to UT for free as well. And Kenny rogers had a great career-is he still pitching?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 12:19 pm
by JoeFalcon
They need to be concerned about whether the NCAA is going to verbally commit them to the doghouse.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:22 pm
by orangeandbrown
Maybe UT was a better fit for his academic interests.
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2007 7:36 pm
by BBFan07
Re: Toledo receives verbal from top area baseball recruit
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Originally posted by duckunder53:
The only reason I am posting this is because it is odd to me that the baseball coaches couldn't do more to get this athlete to play at BGSU. Especially considering the fact that he could go for free as his mother works at BGSU. Besides that, I am happy for Ben and his family and I know he will do very well at UT.
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Maybe the coaches are the reason why he chose UT. However, it is just a verbal & lots can happen in the life of a teenager before signing day. BG has great academics, so never say never!
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:25 pm
by tiznow
orangeandbrown wrote:Maybe UT was a better fit for his academic interests.
That is not possible
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:04 pm
by factman
It did have something to do with academics, as he wants to go into the medical field, so I'm told. BG recruited Ben VERY hard, but sometimes you lose for no obvious reason. It certainly wasn't a case of overlooking him. I think we do a very good job of recruiting "local" kids, as you can see by looking at our roster, but you don't win em all!
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 9:45 pm
by BBFan07
Bummer - it's never too late though. Hey, did BG ever hire an assistant coach? Haven't seen anything on the website!
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:37 am
by factman
Yes................BG alum Rick Blanc is the new assistant baseball/pitching coach.
