Bull Pen News
Rain delayed Try-outs Schedule
The Cary Bulls and Cary Colts will hold try-outs on Saturday, May 14 & Sunday, May 15 at Athens Dr. High School.
Saturday, May 14
12 Noon - Skills Testing
Individual baseball skills & athletic ability will be tested. Session will last approximately 3 hours. Invitations will be extended during the morning's skills testing for the afternoon scrimmage.
Sunday, May 15
3 PM - Scrimmage
The afternoon session will include a scrimmage to evaluate player abilities in game situations at their positions. Session will last approximately 3 hours.
Both teams will practice May 16 and 18. Both teams also open their seasons against each other on Thursday, May 19 at Athens Dr High School.
The Bulls typical week includes games scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with double headers on Saturday and Sunday
Cory Tilton named a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award
Cory Tilton has been named a finalist for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence - community, classroom, character and competition. The acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. Lowe's, an official Corporate Partner of the NCAA, will announce the winner June 24 at the College World Series® in Omaha.
Here’s a recent story from the UNC-Charlotte website.
Read Cory’s nomination write-up.
Please help get out the vote and recognize Cory for his outstanding accomplishments! You can vote, once per day.
You can also vote through a Facebook link (once per day).
Voting ends June 5, 2011.
Bulls make 2012 collegiate commitments
The following Bulls have made 2012 baseball comittments:
- Max Schrock (USC - 2012)
- Kyle Byrd (UNCA)
- Chris Williams (NCSU)
- Max Povse (UNCG)
- Tyler Lapp (Lenior CC)
- Nick Addona (Lenior CC)
- Ryan "Bobby" Bouton (Grinnell College, IA)
Cary Legion Program Informational Meeting
Cary American Legion Post 67 will be fielding summer baseball teams for young men for the 38th consecutive year. These programs are fully funded by the American Legion and there are no costs to the players. Interested players and parents are invited to attend an informational meeting on Sunday, May 1 at 6:30 pm at the Cary Legion Post Home located at 8523 Chapel Hill Rd. in Cary. The coaches will be on hand to meet the prospective players and answer questions.
This year will be 15th season for the 4-time State Champion Cary Bulls. They will be joined by the Cary Colts and Post 67 Senior Legion. The Bulls and the Colts will be made of players born in 1994 and later. Both of these teams focus on the development of the individual player and play aggressive schedules beginning in mid-May and ending with the State Tournament in mid-July.
This year will be 38th season for the Post 67 Senior Legion team. Post 67 Senior Legion will be made of players born in 1992 and later.
If you feel you have the ability and desire to play a demanding schedule at the highest level, we encourage you to consider these programs as a summer baseball option. There are many options for baseball players during the summer. Players and parents should weigh these options carefully and choose the one that is best for their personal development. Cary American Legion Post 67 is committed to the development of young men through the sport of baseball.
Bulls Announce **NEW** 2011 Try-outs
The Cary Bulls and Cary Colts will hold try-outs on Saturday, May 14 at Athens Dr. High School.
Saturday, May 14
9:30 AM - Skills Testing
Individual baseball skills & athletic ability will be tested. Session will last approximately 3 hours. Invitations will be extended during the morning's skills testing for the afternoon scrimmage.
2 PM - Scrimmage
The afternoon session will include a scrimmage to evaluate player abilities in game situations at their positions. Session will last approximately 3 hours.
Both teams will practice May 16, 17 and 18. Both teams also open their seasons against each other on Thursday, May 19 at Athens Dr High School.
The Bulls typical week includes games scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with double headers on Saturday and Sunday
It's Offical: Mangini becomes the 2nd Cary Bull to make it to the "Show"
Matt Mangini was promoted to the Seattle Mariners this morning and is on his way to meet the big league club in Toronto. Matt will remain with the Mariners the rest of this season. Matt's parents will meet him in Tampa this weekend for that series and a very happy reunion. CONGRATS MATT and family.
Mangini Helps Tacoma Win PCL Title
Game 5 of best of 5 at Safeco Field. Tacoma up 2-1 in the 8th.
Lefty brought in from pen to match up. Watch the result.
Matt Mangini helped to lead the Tacoma Rainiers to the Triple A Championship game against the Columbus Clippers. Tacoma beat Sacramento (Oakland A's) in the 1st round and the Memphis Redbirds (St Louis Cardinals) in the 2nd. Mangini batted .323 (10-31) with 2-2B, HR, 6R and 4 RBI. Matt returns to The "Bricktown Showdown" in Oklahoma City, were he played in a reional while at Oklahoma State.
Mangini is Offensive
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Matt Mangini (2nd from right) awarded Offensive Player of the Year
The Tacoma Rainiers closed what they call "original Cheney Stadium" Thursday September 2. Before the game, the Rainiers handed out three player-of-the-year honors. Luke French was honored as the Rainiers’ pitcher of the year, Matt Mangini won offensive player of the year, and center fielder Greg Halman won as defensive player of the year.
Mangini is batting a team-leading .313 (54 points higher than the 2nd place), team-leading .352 OBP, 3rd in HRs (18), 3rd in RBI (63) and 2nd in slugging % (.521).
Legion players make the right call
Two grads take to the booth for state tourney
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Green Hope graduates Joe Pistacchio & Grant Shambley call the action
at the Junior American Legion state tournament in Durham.
BY J. MIKE BLAKE, Staff Writer, Cary News
The Cary Bulls wanted to pull out all the stops when they hosted the Junior Legion state tournament at the Durham Athletic Park last month. And for Bulls coach Ron Powell, that meant having live video and audio broadcasts of all 15 games in the double-elimination tournament, which was held July 16-20.
In baseball, minor league players get called up to the majors all the time. But for the Cary Legion program, the younger program reached out to the older for help in pulling off the task.
Powell went to Joe Pistacchio, a Green Hope graduate, and asked him if he'd be willing to do it. There was little hesitation from Pistacchio, a player on the Cary Senior Legion team.
"I told him I'd love to do it to give back to the program, kind of because it's done so much for me," Pistacchio said. There was even less hesitation when Powell gave Pistacchio his choice of broadcast partner. Pistacchio went with former Green Hope teammate Grant Shambley. "Grant is always in the dugout announcing games anyway, so I figured he'd be the perfect one," Pistacchio said. Shambley said he's heard the jokes from teammates that he's destined to be an announcer. So he gave it a shot. "If it wasn't someone I knew like Joe, I probably wouldn't have done it," Shambley said.
At 9:45 a.m., the two were calling the tournament's first game, trading off on who was doing the play-by-play and who was doing the color commentary. As the two 
went along, they received plenty of feedback from those around them - like how to incorporate the weather into the broadcast to make listeners feel as though they were there. "We constantly had people making sure we sounded good and weren't too close to the mic or anything," Pistacchio said. "We both watch baseball and it was fun being able to do what those guys - like Joe Morgan and Jon Miller - do."
The broadcast, along with a stationary camera view of the field from above home plate, were streamed live on UStream.com. The number of online viewers and listeners stayed around 50 for most of the tournament.
Things weren't always perfect. Shambley and Pistacchio - as well as Blair Betts, who was able to broadcast a few games here and there - all had Senior Legion games that conflicted with the broadcast schedule. So on a few nights, the two had to leave in the afternoon and make it back to Cary in time for a playoff game. "It was definitely hectic a couple of days because we had some rain delays. So we got out of there kind of late, and we had to go straight to our field to play," Shambley said.
The two were subbed by Josh McCauley and Matt Daum - two players from the town of Cary's Babe Ruth League team. And Pistacchio and Shambley, being amateurs just getting used to broadcasting, had their share of bloopers. "We both had our voices crack and stuttered our words, said things wrong, forgot how many outs there were at times - things like that," Pistacchio said.
Sometimes the workload became too much to juggle. "We tried to keep the book on each game to know what everyone did and we always kind of got behind on that, so we didn't know what someone had done their last time up," Shambley said. In the end, all of the players involved enjoyed the experience. Shambley is headed to Wake Forest next year on baseball scholarship, while Betts will do the same at Indiana and Pistacchio at Appalachian State. With four more years of education ahead of them, the players could consider broadcast as a back-up plan to their baseball playing futures. "So that's something I would definitely look into because it was a lot of fun," Pisctacchio said.
Bulls selected for 2010 USA Tournament of Stars
Two Bulls were invited to play with some of the best prep players in the country this week in USA Baseball's annual Tournament of Stars. Max Povse and 'AC' Colantino were selected to play in the tournament, which started Wednesday and runs through Sunday at USA Baseball's National Training Complex in Cary. Colantino is listed as a catcher, but will also see innings as a DH and on the mound. Povse had the earliest start to the day, coming on in relief for team Dixie in a 10-1 loss to the USA Stars. Povse was one of the bright spots for his team, striking out four in three innings of work, giving up one earned run on three hits. Teams will continue pool play through Saturday, with the final-round medal games held Sunday.
Former Bulls selected in 2010 MLB draft
Three former Bulls players were taken in the 2010 Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft on Tuesday. Congratulations to these players and their families.
Brett Eibner played for the Bulls in 2004 & 2005 and was drafted in the 4th round out of HS but elected to attend the University of Arkansas. He has played the last three seasons for the Razorbacks and led the SEC in HRs this year. He was taken this year in the second round (54th overall) by the Kansas City Royals. Arkansas opens play Friday in the Super Regional against Arizona State in Tempe, AZ.
Seth Frankoff, a RHP, was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 27th round. Seth played for the Bulls in 2002, 2003 & 2004 and is one of only three players to play on two State Championship teams. Seth played at Apex High and wore #10 for the Cougars, as did current pro players Landon Powell and Matt Mangini. Seth recently finished his 4-year college career at UNC-W and will begin his pro career in Vancouver, BC.
Michael Rooney also just finished his four years at UNC-W, where he was the starting SS for each of the last three seasons. He was selected in the 30th round by the Baltimore Orioles. Michael played for the Bulls in 2003 and 2004. Michael's older brother, Matt, coached with the Bulls for several years in the late 90's. His dad, Jim currently coaches with the Colts and his younger brother, Ryan currently plays for the Colts. He will begin his pro career in the New York-Penn league playing for the Aberdeen Orioles and his home park will be Cal Ripken Stadium.
The Bulls have now had 12 players taken the the MLB draft since 2003. There are currently 9 former Bulls playing professionally. The Bulls Family is very proud of these young men and wish them the best as they begin their professional baseball careers.
Landon Powell named to College World Series Legends Team
Read official release here.
Check out the official CWS Legends baseball cards here.
Cary Legion Program Informational Meeting
Cary American Legion Post 67 will be fielding summer baseball teams for young men for the 37th consecutive year. These programs are fully funded by the American Legion and there are no costs to the players. Interested players and parents are invited to attend an informational meeting on Sunday, May 3 at 7:00 pm at the Cary Legion Post Home located at 8523 Chapel Hill Rd. in Cary. The coaches will be on hand to meet the prospective players and answer questions.
This year will be 14th season for the 4-time State Champion Cary Bulls. They will be joined by the Cary Colts and Post 67 Senior Legion. The Bulls and the Colts will be made of players born in 1993 and later. Both of these teams focus on the development of the individual player and play aggressive schedules beginning in mid-May and ending with the State Tournament in mid-July.
This year will be 37th season for the Post 67 Senior Legion team. Post 67 Senior Legion will be made of players born in 1991 and later..
If you feel you have the ability and desire to play a demanding schedule at the highest level, we encourage you to consider these programs as a summer baseball option. There are many options for baseball players during the summer. Players and parents should weigh these options carefully and choose the one that is best for their personal development. Cary American Legion Post 67 is committed to the development of young men through the sport of baseball.
Bulls announce Try-outs
The Cary Bulls and Cary Colts will hold try-outs on Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16 at Athens Dr. High School.
Saturday, May 15 11 AM
Individual baseball skills & athletic ability will be tested. Session will last approximately 3 hours.
Sunday, May 16 2 PM
Invitations will be extended during Saturday's skills testing. Sunday's session will include a scrimmage to evaluate player abilities in game situations at their positions. Session will last approximately 3 hours.
Both teams will practice May 17, 18 and 19. Both teams also open their seasons against each other on Thursday, May 20 at Athens Dr High School.
The Bulls typical week includes games scheduled Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, with double headers on Saturday and Sunday
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