Happy Valley Hardball with a sabermetrics twist

From Johnstown’s Our Town Online Just four days after graduating from Richland high school, Austin Urban found himself the most noted young baseball player in Johnstown. Urban, a seventeen year old Ram pitcher was selected in the 27th round of the Major League Baseball first year player draft by the Baltimore Orioles on June 8. [...]

From the Tribune-Democrat Orioles pick Richland graduate in draft Mike Mastovich mmastovich@tribdem.com JOHNSTOWN — Richland High School’s Austin Urban had heard he might be picked anywhere from the fourth to the eighth round of Tuesday’s Major League Baseball first-year player draft. The 17-year-old Penn State recruit also knew he might go later. There’s no exact [...]

Welsh To Play Baseball At Penn State Greg Welsh – Penn State University (Baseball) Major: Undecided but considering business Final list of colleges: Penn State, Maryland, Pitt, Virginia Tech, East Carolina, Michigan, Wake Forest Reasons for choosing via Welsh to Play Baseball at Penn State.

10. Council Rock South (14-3, No. 9). The Golden Hawks’ bid to retain the Suburban One League National Conference crown is led by lefty Greg Welsh, a Penn State commit, and junior shortstop Bill Fleming. Welsh, a second-team all-league selection, posted a 5-0 mark with a 2.51 ERA. Go to the article

Nittany Lions secure a talented and versatile group that will join the program next fall UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State head baseball coach Robbie Wine announced on Monday the signing of seven top recruits to National Letters of Intent. Among the class are five of the top prospects from Pennsylvania and two from Massachusetts. [...]

By Andrew Drennen, ESPNRISE.com Baseball A member of the New York Yankees Area Code Team, Alex Farkes from Buckingham Brown & Nichols (Cambridge, Ma.), decided on Penn State, to further his education and to play baseball. “I chose Penn State because of the potential of the program, along with its academic prestige, and because of [...]

Brandon King of Martinsburg West Virginia was a late recruiting prospect for PSU. King had verballed to Tennessee two years ago but the relationship between the two parties soured recently. King visited Penn State last week and there was some hope that he might choose the Nits to further his education. Unfortunately, the Nationals sweetened [...]

West Chester East stars Steve Snyder and Neal Herring move on in PIAA action as WC East wins the District One title. W.C. East takes District 1 Class AAAA baseball title | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/29/2009 via kwout

Rick O’Brien, columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, picks the Penn State bound senior Steve Snyder of West Chester East, as the number three shortstop in the Southeast Pennsylvania area. Rick O’Brien: Good shortstops not in short supply | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/24/2009 via kwout

The Carlisle Sentinel is report that RHP Renny Parthemore of Cedar Cliff HS in Harrisburg has signed to play ball with Penn State. Parthemore recorded a 3-2 record this year with an 3.05 ERA over 25.2 innings of work. In those 25+ innings Parthemore struck out 25 while walking 20.

North Penn HS hurler chooses Winthrop over Penn State and others. Rick OBrien: Another Ruth dominating game | Philadelphia Inquirer | 05/07/2009.

Philly Inq reporter Rick O’Brien ranked West Chester East’s Herring as the seventh best pitcher in the Philadelphia area. Go to the article.

Bishop Maginn, Amsterdam record huge wins Friday – High School Sports blog – Sidelines – Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga – timesunion.com – Albany NY via kwout Davante Buie has some pretty good athletes in the family. He’s the half-brother of PSU hoop star Talor Battle and full brother of PSU basketball star recruit Taran Buie [...]

TheFacts.com, a Brazoria County Texas website, reports that Alvin Community College pitcher has signed a letter of intent to pitch for Penn State next season. Brett went 2-2 with a 4.38 ERA last season as Alvin made a run to the JUCO World Series where they went 2-2 with victories over the nationally ranked #1 [...]