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July 7th, 07:37 PM
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High School Classmate Olympic Prospect
Well, years ago i posted a thread about a man named Michael Bowden who was a senior as i was a freshmen. Currently He plays AA baseball and he was drafted into the Boston Red Sox straight out of high school. Looking at scouting reports over the years after he was drafted he's doing great and is a constant winner of awards such as red sox player of the month, pitcher of the month, minor league player of the year, etc...
Well since he's still playing AA ball with a possibility of breaking into the big leagues somewhere between '09 and '10, he's not technically registered under a professional team, nor has a played for a professional team. Seeing as the few that are considered playing above him in the roster have already been called up to the big show, it leaves Bowden as a top candidate for the U.S. Olympic Baseball Team.
Pretty crazy huh!?
tldr; heres a longer article Bowden on the radar for Olympics :: Beacon News :: Sports |
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July 7th, 10:34 PM
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haha sweet
a girl my sister used to be on a swim team with who went to our highschool is olympic class. don't know the other details though. but she's been on tv and stuff.
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July 11th, 12:01 PM
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Thats sweet, I love baseball.
A female friend of mine is amazing at volleyball. She just got back from puerto rico where she was playing for a junior olympic team. She was one of the 12 chosen out of like 3000 girls. I won't be surprised at all if she is in the olympics when shes older.
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July 12th, 01:28 AM
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that's impressive guys. but yeah thetruth, 2 girls from my high schools soccer team were in germany for parts of the season for olympic training. We still won state, for back to back titles and were again ranked 1st in the nation for girls soccer for 2 years running
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July 12th, 01:40 AM
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My teacher taught an olympic gymnast who took the gold about 8 or so years ago, I thought it was pretty neat.
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July 12th, 02:26 AM
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do you know his/her name? the gymnast not the teacher
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July 12th, 01:44 PM
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Not a clue, this was all in the 3rd grade, I am a stoner and in the 11th so naturally my memory of then is zilch. I know she was black, that much I remember.
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July 14th, 11:08 AM
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Shred for Mikey yo
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I know Danny Kass and ride with him frequently. He's an olympic snowboarder.
My boss used to be on the Turkey Olympic Soccer team. He has two medals at home, and he wasn't a bench warmer. He was a top contributer to the team. Then he shattered his ankle and came to America to make a new life.
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July 15th, 01:45 AM
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oh i have heard of danny, that's pretty impressive, pics?
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July 20th, 01:20 PM
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My old roomate was 10th in the decathalon at the Oly Trials, and I had another friend from high school track who was 10th in the 1500m Oly Trials this year, and a few other friends that made it as well but didn't do so hot. Guess I'm well connected in the track community 
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