The very first thing you discover about junior outfielder Jaxson Neckien of Westlake High is that he’s tall and slender at 6 toes 4 and 180 kilos. But in baseball phrases, much more startling is that he simply comes into the batter’s field with no gloves, no arm shields and no foot shields, so it doesn’t take him 5 minutes to take every part off handy to the first-base coach when he will get a single.
Perhaps he’s protected by an invisible power discipline. Whatever it is, he’s been coming through for Westlake, which entered this week tied for first place within the Marmonte League with Oaks Christian.
“He’s old school,” coach Wally Barnett stated.
Neckien has hit six dwelling runs and is batting .429. Barnett thought-about him a great participant final season however the Warriors had been loaded with seniors. He obtained introduced up from the JV staff for the playoffs.
“I had high hopes for him this season and he’s really come through,” Barnett stated.
All the rising pains Neckien went through seem to have gone away. Give him a bat and he’s prepared. He’s hitting .517 over the previous 9 video games.
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