Shenendehowa Baseball

The awards, recognitions and hardware keep piling up for the 23 year old right-hander, Ian Anderson. The Shenendehowa High School graduate met with the media last Thursday. The tall, bearded World Champion greeted every person in the room with a humble handshake and a smile. One of the people in attendance was NYS Senator Jim Tedisco. Tedisco a former student-athlete himself, had a proclamation from New York State for the Atlanta Braves pitcher.

Any baseball expert in the world would qualify 5 scoreless, and hitless, World Series innings as a major contribution to a team's championship. However, the Capital Region doesn't need any experts to tell them how special Ian Anderson is and neither do the Braves. Now, the player who grew up in Rexford and pitched for the Shenendehowa High School Plainsmen gets to flash some pretty incredible bling around town.

The Shenendehowa Plainsmen seem to always be in the mix when it comes to Tournament Baseball and talented young players. This season is no exception as the top seeded Plainsmen prepare to face eighth seeded Guilderland Tuesday at 4 pm Junior pitcher/Infielder Brendan Disonell is featured in the Times Union.

Shenendehowa graduate Murphy Smith continues to impress for the Midland Rockhounds, the AA affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. So far, Smith is third on the Rockhounds in innings pitched -- and that comes while working exclusively out of the bullpen...