BIG THINGS IN SMALL PACKAGE.Byline: Gerry Gittelson Staff Writer Just 4-foot-10 and 91 pounds, 12-year-old Elie Gluck looms large for the Northridge Little League All-Star baseball All-Star Baseball is a baseball video game series developed and published by Acclaim Entertainment. The series began in 1998 with the release of All-Star Baseball '99. team. The right-hander pitched a complete-game no-hitter with eight strikeouts, and hit a double with two RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in a 10-0 victory over Woodland Hills-Sunrise in the first round of the District 40 tournament Wednesday at Northridge. He's the key newcomer for Northridge, which won 11 games a year ago - including winning the District 40 and Section 2 titles - before losing in the Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. semifinals, two tournaments shy of the annual Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Host Northridge (1-0), which reached the World Series final in 1994, looks to continue its success against Canyon Country East (1-0) tonight at 5 p.m. in the second round of the District 40 tournament. The 12-team, double-elimination tournament A double-elimination tournament is a competition in which a participant ceases to be eligible to win the tournament's championship upon having lost two games or matches. includes teams from across the San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. and Santa Clarita valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. areas. Northridge needs three victories to qualify for the Section 2 tournament, also at Northridge, which begins July 20. ``I'm the second-smallest player on our team, so I throw a lot of curveballs,'' said Gluck, who was 10-1 with a 0.79 ERA (per six innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. ) and 116 strikeouts in 60 2/3 innings during the season. ``The other team doesn't hit them too well.'' Northridge has four returning starters from last year's team, including sluggers Joshua Reece and Bobby Hansen, shortstop Josh Efron and left fielder Mike Sherwin. Reece, who hit six home runs and struck out 86 in 34 innings during the regular season, is by far Northridge's hardest thrower. On Wednesday, Reece went 3 for 4 with a double and an RBI, and Hansen was 2 for 4 with five RBI and his 11th home run of the year. Reece believes this year's team can go further than last year. `'We're much better,'' Reece said. ``We have big-time hitting and deeper pitching than we had last year.'' Northridge manager Jonathan Gluck calls Efron ``an 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. shortstop - the best I've ever seen in youth baseball.'' Northridge has graduated star pitcher Christopher Potter, who was 6-0 with a 1.62 ERA and 53 strikeouts in 37 tournament innings last year. But manager Gluck said this year's team has more overall speed and size, including 6-footer Daniel Lopez. ``Half the team is taller than I am and I think it's just a very strong group of kids,'' Gluck said. |
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