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HAS 5-0 RECORDJerry Moody, a graduate of North Augusta High Schoo ers in victories with five (Staff Photo Bv Scott Hunter IJerry MoodyAn Unexpected AceBy SCOTT HUNTERSports EditorJerry Moody is the unexpected pleasure ol this year’s Aiken Post 26 American Legionbaseball team.The righthander, who pitched sparingly this past year at North Augusta High School, has emerged as the ace of the Post 26 staffwith a 5-0 record* I didn t think I was going to pitch as muchwho also plays the infield commented recently ‘I pitched some during the exhibitions, but I thought I would pitch mainly in relief,‘it was a disappointment,” he added about the yellow jacket s high school team which was edged by Brookland Cayce for the league crown We could have easily won it He (Coach Hod Greenway) was relying on one person and that lost us a chance to go to the stateMoody was pressed into a starters role early for Post 26 with the arm injury of Jeff Roberts A recent injury to J C Abney, who was hit on his pitching arm by a pitch, has put additional pressure on Moody's performances»*‘ in Legion ball most of the hitters are le said about the quality of play. “You can t let up on any of them In high school you'd usually have about four good hitters.” Baseball has been pretty much the ath fete’s mam sport ever since he started his •areer as a catcher.“I played football in the ninth grade,” he ud. “but I was too small to Dlav anvthimbaseballo I decided to stay in that He began playing baseball, he said, as anight-year-old‘•Mu littlp leaoiif* roarh (Cordon Cox ledThe righthander didn’t start pitching until the Dixie Senior League he said Last year, he passed up a possible opportunity to play Legion ball to finish his Dixie Senior career “Some friends of mine who played up here (for Post 26» wanted me to trv out, but Iwanted to play in the Dixie Seniors because we had a chance to go to the World Series.”he explained.“This year, though, I wanted a chance to play better ball ”Moody said he hopes to continue playing baseball next year on the collegiate level “I plan to go to college and try to plav ball, he commented “I hope to get an offer, but I doubt it ”South Georgia and USCA are currently his first two choices of schools, he said Before his collegiate career gets underway, though. Post 26 still has five more regular-season games to play, including tonight’s crucial contest against Cayce to beplayed at Airport High School at 8 “We can’t lose any more,” Moody remarked about the game * Thev’ve got mru*men who can hit the ball if you let up “We re getting used to the pitching and I think we ought to come along after we get our confidence back ’Moody was referring to a 6 4 upset loss to Lexington last Friday“We had a letdown after the Cayce winlt; Aiken defeated Cayce, 4-2, last Wednesday) and Lexington was a better team than every body made them out to be,” he explainec about the lossPost 26, however, rebounded with a 16-1win over Irmo-Chapin Monday “People have been following us,” Moody concluded about tonight’s game “If theygive us the suonort I think wp II h*» alnuht ”
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Jul 03, 1974
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