DOUGLASS SELECTED IN SECOND ROUND.Byline: Patrick Hipes Daily News Staff Writer Three weeks ago, Antelope Valley High School Antelope Valley High School is located in Lancaster, California and is part of the Antelope Valley Union High School District. It was founded in 1912[1]. It is located in the Mojave Desert. right-hander Sean Douglass Sean Douglas (born May 8, 1972) is a retired New Zealand soccer player, who is currently assistant coach of the New Zealand U-20's team. Club career As a player he spent most of his years in the Australian league, but returned to Auckland when Carlton S.C. left his baseball team. On Tuesday, he found a new one. Douglass, among the top-rated high school pitchers in the nation, was the second-round selection of the Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation). The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. in Major League Baseball's amateur draft, the 73rd pick overall. ``I don't think it's hit me yet,'' Douglass said. ``I'm still not feeling anything.'' The 11 a.m. phone call informing the 6-foot-5, 200-pound senior of the Orioles' pick capped a strange year for Douglass, who entered his final season with the Antelopes as the 23rd-best high school prospect in the nation, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . . Douglass quit Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley baseball team in mid-May after a dispute over training methods with with coach Ed t'Sas, who's practice regimen regimen /reg·i·men/ (rej´i-men) a strictly regulated scheme of diet, exercise, or other activity designed to achieve certain ends. reg·i·men n. 1. included sets of push-ups that Douglass felt weakened weak·en tr. & intr.v. weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens To make or become weak or weaker. weak  en·er n. his throwing arm. The announcement drew nation-wide attention. ``Everyone's supported me, all the scouts, all my friends and family,'' Douglass said of his decision to leave the team. ``The scouts thought I should've done it earlier. I wouldn't change a thing.'' Douglass, who's fastball has been clocked consistently in the low 90s, was 4-2 with a 2.43 ERA in 1997, compared to a 1.09 ERA as a junior. ``They let me call all my own pitches last year,'' he said. ``This year, you throw a 92 mile-per-hour fastball by someone, and they call for a change-up the next pitch. What is that?'' The decision to leave, he maintains, was his only option. And, after adding a change-up to his repertoire, the Orioles obviously agreed. ``Before the season I thought I'd go a lot higher in the draft,'' he said. ``Before that happened, when I didn't do 100 push-ups the day before a game, I was throwing 91 or 92 (miles-per-hour) pretty consistently. ``I started throwing better after I left the team.'' Douglass has signed a letter of intent with Pepperdine, an option he would have considered his main one had he gone in the third round or lower. Now, the Orioles have 15 days to make an offer before he becomes a free agent. ``You want to play professional baseball, but you've got to think about what you'd be missing out on,'' he said. ``I've got to listen to what they say, but it will have to be good to pass up a four-year college education.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Sean Douglas was selected in the second round by the Baltimore Orioles. Daily News File Photo |
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