RuizBull…Resume von Johann O`Brien bzw Kevin O´Brien

Wir verwandeln unsere Akademie in Sosua – Cabarete immer weiter auch in einen Garten, der Gemüse und Früchte produziert, aber vor allem geht es um Baseball jeden Tag. Der letzte deutsche Spieler (im Moment ist noch neben den Dominikanern ein US Amerikaner vor Ort) war bis zum 17. April der Berliner Johann O`Brien (Berlin Rams), der zusammen mit seinem Vater in der Baseball-Karibik bei RuizBull gewohnt hat und das ist, was sein Vater Kevin O`Brien über den Aufenthalt geschrieben hat:

Hey Georg, we had a great time. Alfre Ruiz was great. He´s clearly well respected by everybody in the community and a hard worker. Ani (Housekeeper, cook) was wonderful, took really good care of us both. Ricky (gute Seele des Hauses) is a good kid who keeps the place in good shape. The coaches were super:

Jonelfri, Polanco and Carlito. They really helped Johann improve his pitching speed (78 mph now) and his batting speed. In the two games I saw Johann pitched very effectively against strong dominican opposition.  He also hit a homer in the game I saw. I think the kid was pitching 82-83 mph. Against a 19-year old who was throwing 90+ mph he held tough but struck out.

All in all Johann loved his experience and syas he´d like to go back. My only complaint would be that Johann had only 3 games in the 3 weeks we were there, but the last week was Easter so that´s understandable. I personally had a great time exploring and enjoying the beach…..thanks again.

PS: Johann O´Brien spielte 2 Tage nach seiner Rückkehr ein starkes PONY Qualifikationsturnier in Prag.