Dave Brust\u00c2\u00a0knows\u00c2\u00a0baseball talent when he sees it.\u00c2\u00a0The Yankee skipper saw plenty of talent clad in\u00c2\u00a0pinstripes this summer. That being said,\u00c2\u00a0there are only so many post-season awards to hand out. Those\u00c2\u00a0getting the honor represent a\u00c2\u00a0team of quality players.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matt Boulter (So. New Hampshire) and Bryant Guilmette (U Mass-Lowell) earned the right to represent the Webster Yankees as part of the New York Collegiate Baseball League\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2010 all-league team.<\/p>\n
Boulter led the\u00c2\u00a0home nine\u00c2\u00a0with 232 chances in the field and finished second in the league with 147 assists. The native of Wrentham, Mass. led the Yankees in at bats (145), hitting (.331), runs scored (29), hits (48), slugging (.434) and hit the only home run out<\/em> of a park this summer.<\/p>\n \u00e2\u20ac\u0153What can you say,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d commented Brust. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I thought he was the best shortstop in the league. He got to more balls than any other short stop.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n As Brust noted, Boulter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s contributions to team\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s playoff run\u00c2\u00a0went beyond statistics. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He was a quiet, lead by example guy,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d added the third-year coach. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Everybody did their part. He was the missing link.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d As a freshman, Boulter hit .290 in 33 games for the Penmen. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Guilmette\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ERA of 2.49 topped the list\u00c2\u00a0of Yankee\u00c2\u00a0starters.\u00c2\u00a0 The southpaw tossed 61 innings (second in the league) in nine starts over two months.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bryant developed into a legitimate number one guy this summer,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Brust. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He has an outstanding change-up that he uses well to set up his fast ball. He was one of the better control pitchers in the league.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Last season, Guilmette made 17 appearances\u00c2\u00a0out of the bullpen\u00c2\u00a0for the home nine. None more impressive than three-game stretch in June. In three relief appearances, the lefty allowed zero earned runs while striking out five and earning two saves. In his first appearance of the summer, he struck out the side on nine pitches. One night later, with the pinstripes clinging to a 1-0 lead, Guilmette entered the game with bases loaded and one out. Two pitches later, Guilmette extinguished the threat with an inning-ending double play. To round off his week, the lefty came out of the pen with bases loaded and one out. The first batter Guilmette faced flew to left field. The next popped up to third base.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bryant talked to us last year about the possibility of starting,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d menitoned Brust. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It worked out pretty well, and he took advantage of the opportunity.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0Webster finished the regular season 22-19. The\u00c2\u00a0campaign\u00c2\u00a0ended with a 3-2 loss in the deciding game of the NYCBL West Division semi-finals.<\/p>\n \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We had a lot of talented kids,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d noted coach Dave Brust. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was\u00c2\u00a0a different guy every night and several guys got the job done. I thought more guys deserved all-league honors.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n Shawn Bailey, Ollie Bertrand, Michael Craig and Steve Muoio represented Webster on the 2009 all-league team. Muoio also earned the honors in 2008.\u00c2\u00a0Bryan Gardner and Joe McIntyre nabbed all-league spots in 2007.\u00c2\u00a0The Cincinnati Reds drafted Gardner the following spring. McIntyre earned a spot on the Wallace Award Watch list for the top player in the NCAA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dave Brust\u00c2\u00a0knows\u00c2\u00a0baseball talent when he sees it.\u00c2\u00a0The Yankee skipper saw plenty of talent clad in\u00c2\u00a0pinstripes this summer. That being said,\u00c2\u00a0there are only so many post-season awards to hand out. Those\u00c2\u00a0getting the honor represent a\u00c2\u00a0team of quality players.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[8209,222,6630,10424,6609,7571,3140,9169,10427,6631,6628,10423,344,3319,5934,10425,717,379,10426,10422],"class_list":["post-7771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collegiate","tag-boulter","tag-bullpen","tag-collegiate-baseball-league","tag-first-appearance","tag-game-stretch","tag-guilmette","tag-lefty","tag-mass-lowell","tag-missing-link","tag-new-york-collegiate-baseball","tag-new-york-collegiate-baseball-league","tag-penmen","tag-pitches","tag-quality-players","tag-relief-appearances","tag-season-awards","tag-shortstop","tag-southpaw","tag-wrentham-mass","tag-yankee-skipper"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t