When Harvard-Westlake grads Max Fried of the New York Yankees and Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Chicago Cubs are launched on July 15 on the MLB All-Star Recreation in Atlanta, their former highschool coaches, Matt LaCour and Jared Halpert, will likely be within the stands celebrating the historic second.
“We’re all proud on campus,” stated LaCour, now the varsity’s athletic director and former coach of Fried.
“It’s kind of everyone wins if Max faces Pete,” Halpert stated.
Harvard-Westlake has obtained consideration for its success sending pitchers to the majors with Fried, Lucas Giolito and Jack Flaherty, all of whom had been members of the 2012 group and first-round draft picks.
Chicago Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong.
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Crow-Armstrong, a first-round draft decide in 2020 who was chosen by the followers to start out in heart discipline, is a breakthrough hitter for the Cubs.
“We’ve got a couple hitters coming through, so maybe we’ll change the pitching narrative,” LaCour stated.
However who will the coaches root for if Fried is on the mound and Crow-Armstrong is on the plate?
“That definitely would be cool,” LaCour stated. “I’ll root for Max and Jared will root for Pete.”
LaCour is in Atlanta this week teaching a youth group and can keep an additional two days to observe the All-Star Recreation. Halpert is flying out subsequent Tuesday morning, then taking a rideshare to the ballpark.
They shouldn’t have any hassle getting tickets as a result of they know an all-star.
