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Wilson: McDowell found mojo in breakout season with Oregon State

“He’s polite, mild mannered and a seemingly all-around nice guy.

Micah McDowell is at his best on the diamond, however, when he taps into his nasty side.

“I remember freshman and sophomore year didn’t go the way he planned, he had an injury in there as well and trying to come back from that, but I remember that transition of him going from kind of passive and unsure to, ‘I’m a bad man.’ Here we go,” said Mitch Canham, the head coach of Oregon State University’s baseball program.”

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Verge: Double threat Romeo headed to Florida State

“It’s a threatening combination for the opposition when Josiah Romeo, a tall, 6'3'' righthander from Brampton, Ontario takes the mound. He refuses to be rattled by adversity, and can smack a 91 mph fastball into the catcher's mitt.

It’s those skills that had many schools in the U.S. calling the 18-year-old who plays for the Mississauga Tigers. Tennessee, Alabama, Kentucky, Florida - with Romeo deciding to commit to Florida State late last year.”

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