Area Code Games Standout, Harold Riggins, Jr., Heads Prospect List at Pitch & Hit Club Wooden Bat Showcase

The Pitch and Hit Club of Chicago is a professional baseball organization that promotes the game of baseball in the Chicago area. The Pitch and Hit Club was formed by a group of Major League players and scouts in January of 1942, originally as a social organization. Since its inception, the Club has grown substantially in size as well as its stature in the professional baseball community. The role of the club has changed through the years, sponsoring various teams and tournaments, and will again this year, host the premier amateur wood bat workout to showcase the highest-level amateur baseball talent in Illinois and the surrounding states.

(PRWEB) September 13, 2007 -- The 2007 Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago High School Baseball Showcase is scheduled to take place on October 6th at Silver Cross Field in Joliet, Illinois. Fifty selected high school baseball players from the state of Illinois and surrounding states have been invited to this premiere wood bat showcase free of charge.

Registration for the players will begin at 8:00 a.m. above the 1st base gate.

Guest speakers Troy Hoerner from the Baltimore Orioles and Scott Lawler from the University of Notre Dame will present "What we look for" to the players and parents from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.

Players will begin stretching at 9:00 a.m. with the workout beginning at 9:30 a.m. A 12-inning game will follow up the showcase beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Entrance fee for parents, guests, and non-Pitch and Hit Club members is $5. Player information booklets are $20 apiece.

$30 members: Pay 2007/2008 membership, entrance, and booklet (Membership is $20, new membership is $25).

The current roster is available via the Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago website and will be updated on a daily basis.

This year's Pitch & Hit Club of Chicago High School Baseball Showcase is presented by the Hoosier Bat Company and is sponsored by The Truth: Prep Baseball Report, Drive Performance, and Do It Right Baseball.

The Pitch and Hit Club of Chicago is a professional baseball organization that promotes the game of baseball in the Chicago area. The Pitch and Hit Club was formed by a group of Major League players and scouts in January of 1942, originally as a social organization. Since its inception, the Club has grown substantially in size as well as its stature in the professional baseball community.

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