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The must-see high school game of the week, if not the month, takes place upon Thursday when Lee's Summit (Missouri.) West High visits Lawrence (Kan.) Loaded with the opening round of the Pond City Baseball Tournament.

While the wedding is held annually, at the same time teams has a talent it doesn't come around nearly as often. One area scout quipped that the stands will look like a convention of searching for directors.

In the last 10 Breezes, only one Missouri high school placement player (Blake DeWitt, 2004) and two Oh prep pitchers (Garrett Gould, 2009; Collin Wiles, 2012) are actually taken in the first two models. This year, both Lee's Summit Western world outfielder Monte Harrison and Lawrence right-hander Bryce Montes de Oca could get selected that early.

Harrison might in the first round because the best athlete in the whole Draft. His a three-sport movie star who's committed to playing basketball (wide receiver) and hockey at Nebraska. He caught 13 touchdowns, rushed for 12 a lot more, returned three kicks for scores and threw some sort of TD pass in the fall while helping Lee's Summit West acquire the Missouri Class 5 various state title.

During the winter, Harrison averaged Of sixteen.4 points and Half a dozen.0 rebounds per video game as a guard on a Lee's Smt West basketball team of which finished third in the state. He won the dunk contest at the Greater Kansas All-Star Challenge in April.

And yes, Harrison can play some baseball, too. His a 6-foot-2, 205-pounder who will continue to get better as he spends additional time on the diamond. He has above-average organic power and speed, and he was which is 97 mph making a put from the outfield at the Perfect Game National showcase last summer season.

Area scouts put Harrison's tools in the same class as those of Bubba Starling, this Kansas prep outfielder whom your Royals drafted fifth overall in 2011. Starling, who also had a football scholarship (quarterback) coming from Nebraska, has struggled to hit within pro ball. The right-handed-hitting Harrison has encouraged scouts by showing a much better swing and approach while at bat as a senior.

'His athleticism is absurd,' a senior scouting official said. 'The raw power/speed/athleticism mix, you're talking about elite level. Is he going to hit? That's the $2 thousand question. I feel a little bit greater about Monte's bat than Used to do about Bubba Starling's.

'It's just that breaking ball/spin issue with pitch recognition. How do you know? How often are you going to see him versus a good right-handed slider? But his other tools are off the charts. His explosive. You're referring to Adam Jones and guys prefer that.'

Harrison will face his hardest test this year when he is contrary to Montes de Oca, who has made a strikingly swift recovery from Tommy Bob surgery. He blew out his or her elbow last spring in addition to returned to the mound this specific April 11, one year for the day after his elbow remodeling. In his first outing, they threw 35 pitches -- most fastballs clocked from 94-97 mph with some tragedy and tailing action.

Montes de Oca extended to bring the heat in his subsequent outing last week, working from 92-96 mph while throwing 45 pitches and mixing in a couple of curveballs. His still raw with his fantastic secondary pitches and order will need a lot of work, yet it's hard not to dream on the combination of size (6-foot-8, 265 pounds) and also arm strength.

'He has a good arm,' an area investigate said. 'I saw him up to 97 in his first start and also His really interesting. This is a longshot, but His similar to Jonathan Greyish [the No. 3 pick general pick in the 2013 Draft] as he was in high school. The shipping needs work but the ball jumps out of his side, and he could be a No. Just one starter or a closer whether or not this all comes together.'

Montreal -- The Cubs played his or her final home game Friday, capping the year-long celebration of 100-year-old Wrigley Area, which on Thursday will become its most extensive remodel since adding lights inside 1988.

The four-year renovation starts with the event of the bleachers and the addition of a relevant video scoreboard in left field together with six additional advertising signs. That is all scheduled to get ready by Opening Morning 2015.

'Change is going to come,' Puppies Hall of Famer Billy Williams said. 'They placed the lights in, and initial everyone fought it, now everybody enjoys it.'

Cardinals director Mike Matheny said His 'anxious' to see the additions from a recreation preparation standpoint. Modern accommodations will be updated in both clubhouses if your renovation is completed in 2018. A below-grade batting tunnel will be added, and dugouts will be expanded along with the clubhouse and training rooms. It's tough for opponents to have their work done at Wrigley, as well as visitors will welcome the adjustments.

'There's a lot of positives, obviously, while using nostalgia of this place, as well as we've had a lot of activities like [Tuesday] night -- tough, hard-fought video games,' Matheny said. 'But it's a fantastic atmosphere, and hopefully the modifications they're making increase which.'

The Cubs players are looking toward the new amenities, although the residence clubhouse won't be completed until finally Opening Day 2016.

'I know Wrigley Area is very historic,' Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said, 'but it'll still be historic with the ivy and almost everything.'

Rich Buhrke, a 'ballhawk' well-versed on Waveland and Sheffield Strategies, came out early on Wednesday hoping catching one final fly ball. The new signage and scoreboard plus the extension of bleachers will assuredly stop most balls coming from leaving the park.

'It'll eliminate it, just about,' Buhrke said. 'It's miserable. There's no doubt about it. I have been doing this 55 years. I don't want to stop, although my wife helps to keep saying, 'It's time. It's time.''

Buhrke, included in the 2010 documentary 'Ballhawks,Inches considers his hobby one of many timeliest traditions in baseball. Any version of the film that highlights their history will be stored in the Hall associated with Fame archives in Cooperstown.

'In a roundabout way, we're inside Hall of Fame, the industry baseball fan's dream,' explained Buhrke, 68. 'It's a roundabout method coming in the back door, however we're in there. When you're a part of this, you're a part of the extendable of the ballgame itself.'

Laura Dean, 28, went from Virginia Beach, Veterans administration., to catch one final glimpse of the Friendly Confines before the reconstruction.

'I don't know what I think -- half this stuff wasn't here a long time ago anyway, all the rooftops, the main deal,' Dean said. 'So I don't know. But I love Wrigley and I really like the Cubs, and I'm pleased I got here in time for the actual 100-year celebration.'

Fans can follow the remodeling at wrigleyfield.com, which will be relaunched in a few days, Cubs spokesman Julian Green explained Wednesday. There will not be a new 'construction cam' providing a live look-in at the work, but there will be video updates posted from time to time.