Brennan to compete in Connie Mack WS

August

I’ll have a few news items this week but here’s the first: Suffern grad Jim Brennan will travel to New Mexico this weekend to compete for the South Troy Dodgers in the Connie Mack World Series.

You can find more info about the event here.

Brennan plays his summer ball out of Staten Island. However, after that season ended, Brennan was picked up by the Albany-based Dodgers. (His father, Robert, knew people involved with the team; he went to high school in Albany area.)

Batting third and playing center, Brennan helped the Dodgers advance through regionals unbeaten. He went 9 for 18 with two home runs and eight stolen bases in the tourney. He actually homered in the first inning of the championship game.

Brennan and South Troy begin play in the Connie Mack WS on Friday, Aug. 7. They are scheduled to kick off play at 8 on Friday night before a huge post-opening ceremonies crowd.

I also asked Brennan about his courtship with the Tigers, who selected him in the draft. He does not expect to sign and plans on enrolling at St. John’s, although he has yet to receive an offer from Detroit. That offer will ultimately determine his future, but he will not make a final decision until it has been issued.

Jake or I will update you after he makes a final decision. The deadline for big league clubs to sign its draft picks is Aug. 17.

I’ll have more on Brennan in Friday’s paper and here on the website.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 at 1:10 pm by Josh Thomson. Print | Email

2 Responses to “Brennan to compete in Connie Mack WS”

nine August 7th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
the ny nine was 1 out away from winning the northeast regional and advancing to new mexico. they lost to the florida legends 1-0 in an extra inning championship game, after defeating them earlier on in the tournament (as well as south troy and bayside, all in succession). congrats to jimmy for being picked up by south troy (although i do question how south troy entered more than one regional, doesnt seem too fair) and playing in this prestigious event.
nine August 7th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
and another note, the legends were defeated the first time by a score of 7-2 by local product eric luksis (john jay ef ‘09, manhattan) and beat sean hagan (mamaroneck ‘09, st. johns) 1-0. bayside was defeated by dan mcgrath (fox lane ‘08, quinnipiac). my apologies for the lack of caps in the last two posts, the shift button on my desktop is jammed.

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