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Freddy Sanchez, Nate Schierholtz, CJ Wilson, Colby Lewis Pace CCC Star Roster:
TOP WORLD SERIES PLAYERS & BROADCASTERS HAVE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROOTS
Compiled for the California Community College Athletic Association & California Community College Baseball Coaches Association by Fred Baer, Director of CCCBCA Statistics
ESPN Broadcasters and Baseball Hall of Fame members Jon Miller, out of College of San Mateo, and Joe Morgan, from Oakland’s Merritt College, have several other former California Community College Athletic Association students to talk about during the 2010 World Series.
Two starting Texas pitchers from California CC’s (plus a third in reserve) are taking on a pair of San Francisco hitters in the Fall Classic:
— Texas second and third game pitchers C.J.Wilson (Santa Ana College) and Colby Lewis (Bakersfield College).
— San Francisco Series opening game hero Freddy Sanchez (Glendale College) and outfielder Nate Schierholtz (Hayward’s Chabot College).
Two other notable players on the World Series 40-man rosters are: Rangers’ season-opening starter Scott Feldman (College of San Mateo) and San Francisco’s Barry Zito (Los Angeles Pierce College). (Feldman had gone on the 15-day disabled list with a right knee bone bruise on August 23.)
Lewis gave Texas its first ever World Series win in Game 3. Wilson was the Game 2 loser, despite giving up only 2 runs (both earned) over 6 innings. A 15-game winner during the regular season, Wilson is scheduled to start again in (a possible) Game 6 on Wednesday.
Sanchez keyed the Giants’ win in the Fall Classic opener and equaled a Giants World Series single-game record with four hits. He set a World Series record with three doubles in his first three career WS at-bats. Schierholtz recorded his first career postseason RBI in the same game.
FORMER CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION PLAYERS ON WORLD SERIES 40-MAN ROSTERS:
Texas Rangers:
C.J. Wilson, Santa Ana College, pitcher
Colby Lewis, Bakersfield College, pitcher
Scott Feldman, College of San Mateo, pitcher
San Francisco Giants
Freddy Sanchez, Glendale College, infielder
Nate Schierholtz, Chabot College, outfielder
Barry Zito, Los Angeles Pierce College, pitcher
ESPN Broadcasters
Jon Miller, College of San Mateo (also the regular season Giants’ broadcaster)
Joe Morgan, Merritt College
ADDED NOTE ON MLB RECORD SETTER DANIEL NAVA:
Another former College of San Mateo player, Daniel Nava, made an historic debut for the Boston Red Sox this summer. He hit the first pitch he saw as a major leaguer for a grand slam home run – only the second player ever to do so.
Note: The compilation of California Community College Athletic Association Baseball Statistics for 87 member college teams is made possible by a grant to the CCCAA by Major League Baseball — which recognizes the important role CCCAA student-athletes play in baseball.
