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ACBL News 2009 ACBL All-Star Game The 2009 ACBL All-Star Game will be played one week from this Monday on July 13th. The Game will be played at Jack Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. Johns University. Game time is 7:00pm. Click here for more info. Smith is a second rounder Eric Smith (Robins,Rhode Island) was drafted in the second round by the Arizona Diamondbacks and was the 60th selection overall. Smith was an ACBL All-Star in 2007 and posted a 3.32 ERA in 43 innings for the Robins.He was named the 7th top prospect in the ACBL by Baseball America in 2007. Smith is the highest ACBL draft selection since Craig Hansen was selected in the first round of the 2005 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. 27 to the majors is impressive It may hurt some teams in the short term, but having 27 Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League players, past or present, drafted by Major League Baseball organizations this past week. Read the full story here. Folgia on BIG 12 First Team Greg Folgia (Blazers, Missouri) was selected to the All-Big 12 Conference Baseball Team as a first team outfielder. Folgia has a team-leading .340 average with 12 home runs and 64 RBI. The junior outfielder added two more RBIs last night as Mizzou defeated # 19 Texas A&M 5-2 in the Tigers' opening game of the Big 12 Championship Tournament. Pinto is hit leader
Stephen Pinto (Robins, Manhattanville) is now Manhattanville's All-Time Hit Leader with 205 hits after going 2-for-4 in a recent game with FDU-Florham. Read rest of the story here. __________________________

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2009 ACBL All-Star Game

The 2009 ACBL All-Star Game will be played one week from this Monday on July 13th.

The Game will be played at Jack Kaiser Stadium on the campus of St. Johns University. Game time is 7:00pm.

Click here for more info.

Smith is a second rounder

Eric Smith (Robins,Rhode Island) was drafted in the second round by the Arizona Diamondbacks and was the 60th selection overall. Smith was an ACBL All-Star in 2007 and posted a 3.32 ERA in 43 innings for the Robins.He was named the 7th top prospect in the ACBL by Baseball America in 2007. Smith is the highest ACBL draft selection since Craig Hansen was selected in the first round of the 2005 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox.

27 to the majors is impressive

It may hurt some teams in the short term, but having 27 Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League players, past or present, drafted by Major League Baseball organizations this past week. Read the full story here.

Folgia on BIG 12 First Team

Greg Folgia (Blazers, Missouri) was selected to the All-Big 12 Conference Baseball Team as a first team outfielder. Folgia has a team-leading .340 average with 12 home runs and 64 RBI. The junior outfielder added two more RBIs last night as Mizzou defeated # 19 Texas A&M 5-2 in the Tigers' opening game of the Big 12 Championship Tournament.

Pinto is hit leader

Stephen Pinto (Robins, Manhattanville) is now Manhattanville's All-Time Hit Leader with 205 hits after going 2-for-4 in a recent game with FDU-Florham. Read rest of the story here.

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Blazers News and Notes

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Mike Schneider named field manager for Blazers

Former ACBL All-Star Mike Schneider has been named field manager of the Quakertown Blazers for the 2010 season. Schneider was an outstanding catcher at Eastern Kentucky and played for the Blazers from 1999 through 2001. In 2002 he signed a free agent contract with the Montreal Expos and hit .370 for Vermont in his rookie season. The Northampton native is a cousin of Phillies catcher Brian Schneider.

Schneider will be assisted by Eric Spadt, another Northampton graduate. Spadt played for the Blazers from 1997 through 1999 while completing a successful career at Penn State. The middle infielder posted a .343 career average for the Blazers and was named to three ACBL All-Star teams. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in 2000 and hit .321 for Clinton of the Midwest League.

Former DeSales ace Steve Raysely will be the pitching coach. Raysely logged a 2-1 record for the 1997 Blazers with a 1.80 ERA. Long time Blazer assistant coach Dan Horoshock will continue on the coaching staff.

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Blazers lose 2-1 in playoffs

Quakertown Blazers

The Blazers dropped their first round playoff game to the first place Jersey Pilots, 2-1 on August 3rd. The Blazers finish the season with 17 wins and 21 losses and a fourth place finish in the regular season for the Wolff Division. Stay tuned for more season ending news and notes from the Blazers.

Thank you to who made 2009 a successful season:

. Sponsors and advertisers

. Season Ticket Holders

. Fans

. Host Families

. Volunteers

. Staff

. Media coverage:

WNPV and Doylestown Intelligencer

Clyde Smoll - General Manager

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Former Blazers Drafted in MLB 2009 First-Year Player Draft

The top 2007 ACBL prospect, RHP Ryan Buch (Blazers, 2007) landed with the White Sox in the eighth round and LHP Darin Gorski (Blazers, 2007 and Rockies, 2008), the top ACBL prospect in 2008 by Baseball America, was chosen by the Mets in the seventh round.

Other past Blazers selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft:

Vin DiFazio (2005,08) 12th round Texas Rangers

Kyle Davis (2006) 27th round Chicago White Sox

Greg Folgia (2008) 40th round Cleveland Indians

Mark Angelo (2006-08) 44th round Seattle Mariners

Congratulations to these six players as well as the 21 other former ACBL players to be drafted this year.

To see all the players selected that played for former ACBL teams click here.

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