A WINNING ATTITUDE EMMONS' FRIENDLY DEMEANOR RUBS OFF ON TEAMMATES.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer LA CRESCENTA - Dustin Emmons walks the halls of Crescenta Valley The Crescenta Valley is a small inland valley in Los Angeles County, California. Its name derives from its crescent-like shape, with the convex portion facing roughly northeast and the concave portion southwest. High of La Crescenta saying hello to almost anyone he passes. After school, he gathers friends and attends even the less-popular athletic events around campus, making sure Falcons' athletes have someone rooting for them, no matter their sport. He spends his free time helping out with a youth baseball team, offering high-fives and words of encouragement to the youngsters as they leave the field. "He's the friendliest guy you'll meet," said Chad Nacapoy, who has known Emmons long before they became Crescenta Valley baseball teammates. "He kind of talks to anybody. There'll be a stranger on the street and he'll go up and talk to him, He's just so friendly." Facing Emmons on the baseball field isn't such a friendly experience. Emmons entered the week with a 0.24 ERA. He improved on that by throwing six shutout innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. with eight strikeouts Wednesday in a victory over Ventura. The win moved the UC Riverside-bound senior right-hander into a tie for the program's career win record set by Angels minor-leaguer and 2005 first-round draft pick Trevor Bell Trevor Bell is an abstract painter, associated with the St. Ives group. Born in Leeds, England in 1930, he studied at the Leeds College of Art. In the early 1950s he was a leading member of the artists working in St. Ives. . Emmons is 24-2 in his four-year varsity career. He is 5-0 this season, with 42 strikeouts in 35 innings. "Since Trevor left, all the big games have fallen on Dustin," Crescenta Valley coach Phil Torres said. "He pitches against the best, and those are the kind of games he likes. But the nice thing about Dustin is he's as good a kid as he is a pitcher. ... Around school, people talk to me about him, everyone knows him. People on campus know him not because he's a baseball player, but because he's a good kid. He's a great kid." He's also in great company when it comes to the Falcons' pitching elite. In addition to Bell, who was 24-11 in four seasons, Crescenta Valley has produced pros such as former major-league pitcher Jim Parque James Vo Parque (born February 8, 1976 in Norwalk, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays from 1998 to 2003. . There is also Jordan Olson, who led the Falcons to a Southern Section Div. I championship in 1998 and went 18-3 in two seasons. "He's right there, as good as anyone we've had," Torres said of Emmons. "He's won a lot of games and he's won a lot of big games. He's right up there. Trevor was a first-round pick and Olson won CIF (1) (Common Intermediate Format) A standard video format used in videoconferencing. CIF formats are defined by their resolution, and standards both above and below the original resolution have been established. The original CIF is also known as Full CIF (FCIF). . They each have their own special thing. I don't have any problem putting Dustin out there against anyone." Torres put Emmons up against competitors from across the country last summer when he coached Emmons on the San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Babe Babe Paul Bunyan’s blue ox; straightens roads by pulling them. [Am. Lit.: Fisher, 270] See : Strength Ruth team that won the 18-and-under division World Series championship in Newark, Ohio Newark is a city in Licking County, Ohio, United States, 33 miles (53 km) east of Columbus, at the junction of the forks of the Licking River. In 1890, 14,270 people lived in Newark, Ohio; in 1900, 18,157; in 1910, 25,404; in 1920, 27,718; and in 1940, 31,487. . Emmons made the World Series all-tournament team. Emmons' focus now is on claiming the fourth Pacific League championship of his career. "I've never focused on stats or trying to set records," said Emmons, the reigning league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. . "I just keep plugging away and keep trying to help my team win. I'm not really changing anything this year. I'm not really thinking about the record. Just to be mentioned with those guys is pretty amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. . Those are some great guys." Emmons describes his two years working with Bell as one of the most valuable learning experiences of his career, but makes sure to credit all his teammates for his success, saying "those wins are really our team wins, not mine." His teammates return the praise. "He's our No. 1 guy," Nacapoy said. "He's our ace, and a great leader. He's just as good as anyone we've faced. He competes as hard as anyone else does. He works so hard. "Some of the other elite players stay to themselves or are sort of on a pedestal On a Pedestal is an EP by the Swedish band Adhesive, released in 1998. Track listing
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