Gathering From All Over

Hank Jones' 2014  Post 58 Rocky Mount  Legion team is no longer is a Nash County base unit with Edgecombe County included.  There is no longer just one source of availability for hopeful  candidates  who have hopes of playing college and one day playing pro ball.

No longer do high school  coaches want their better players playing legion they would rather coach their players in select travel leagues in order that they can control what type coaching their players are getting during the summer.

Then there are the parents  who think if their child gets a free ride to college to play baseball they are willing to spent up to 10,000  per summer to get their kids seen.  If they get a free ride in college then just maybe  pro ball is around the corner.  These parents are so caught up they are willing to go to a high school coach while a game is going on and tell the coach to take their son out of the game because he is scheduled to pitch on his travel team tomorrow.  They would risk their own son an arm injury just to be seen not realizing if they are good enough scouts find them where ever they are.

Hank Jones has put together a team that comes from Roanoke Rapids from the North.  Wendell from the west and even this year a player from Wilson.  This Legion team sounds like a travel league team.  Five high schools from Rocky Mount are represented on this years squad.  Here  is the 2014 Legion squad.

Making the trip south from Roanoke Rapids are three players, Ryan Wiliams catcher heading to Campbell to play baseball.  Logan Simonowich 1st base and  Carson Arthur.

The Lone player from Wendell who is returning  is Paschal Ammons a six feet eight inch pitcher.  Coming north to play from Wilson Fike is infielder Griffin Parker.

Rocky Mount Academy has three players with Linwood Jones outfielder Adam Bayless infielder and M J Jones on the P 58 roster.

Three more players come from Faith Christian Christian Perry, Luke Mills and Cody Manning.

Nash Central has two players on the squad Infielder/outfielder Khalil Macklin comes back for his third year of a Legion and infielder Garrison Vick.

Northern Nash has two players and one is a returner to Legion David Williams who spent the spring red shirting as a catcher at Duke.  Nick Vester infielder rounds out the Knight's tandem.

Rocky Mount High completes the team with four members of  it's spring squad playing for Hank Jones.  Cody Smith pitcher, Blake Helms pitcher/infielder/outfielder,  Forrest Bell infielder and Will Edwards pitcher.

Post 58  next home game is Thursday night at Legion Field.