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Currier On Cuts: A Bleak Picture For Vermont Baseball Players
Written by VT Sports Network News Feed
Monday, 23 March 2009
Currier On Cuts: A Bleak Picture For Vermont Baseball Players
Willy Kingsbury was once a Northeast Kingdom kid with a dreaam to play professional baseball.
The former Oxbow Union standout realized that dream just over a decade ago, when he played two seasons for the Lowell (Mass.) Spinners, the Single A affiliate for the Boston Red Sox.
Today Kingsbury fosters the major league aspirations of younger players as coach of the Woodsville High School and OEC Kings American Legion baseball teams.
However the road to the majors just got a little bit longer for North Country and Northeast Kingdom kids, following the University of Vermont's decision to cut their baseball and softball programs, in response to a $1.1 million shoftfall, effective following this season.More >>Discuss >>
