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Page 12 Thursday, April 13, 2017 The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION Devil’s Den It’s Never Too Early To Talk WHS Baseball By BRUCE JOHNSON Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times It’s the circle of life. (Or at least it’s Shapiro 3b, Jay Cook rf, Dan Kerr 1b, Brew Crew, I came across some old my personal circle of life). Mike Diaz 2b. articles and box scores from 1964 about The new year opens in September RHP: Kris Williams, Chris Jenkins, coach Ron Gutek’s unbeaten Roosevelt with WHS football season. Then it’s Chris Vogel Junior High baseball team. WHS swim season, with the warm smell LHP: Kevin Stock, Chuck Mueller, The lineup: Bobby Flynn cf, Jim of chlorine getting me through the win- Brad DeMartino Ohaus ss-2b, Tom Hood rf, Glenn ter. And the year ends in late May/early Bench (alphabetically): Jorge Whitmore 2b-p, Ed Down 3b, Randy June with WHS baseball season. For Amorim, Mike Androconis, Brian James lf, Dick Storr 1b, Kevin Billet c, sure, there are other sports, but that’s Butts, Stephen Cheek, Dave Duelks, Mike Mease p-ss. we’ve rolled for over a half-century. Brian Flynn, John Fox, Billy Hearon, Eighth-graders Bob Brewster So now it’s the spring … WHS base- Chris Infantino, Mike Ionta, Drew (catcher) and Steve Gentino (pitcher) ball … and rain. While the Blue Devils Keehn, Bob Meyer, Justin Olsen, James also saw action. regularly produce 20-plus victory sea- O’Rourke, Anthony Perconte, Brett Flynn and Ohaus are in the Westfield sons – four of the last six years and 12 Picaro, Tom Ricciuti, Chris Rinaldi, Athletic Hall of Fame, Flynn for base- times during coach Bob Brewster’s 34- Mike Varano.
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