SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The sounds of baseball are back at Palo Alto College.<\/p>\n
Some of the best baseball players in San Antonio and beyond have found a home on the South Side thanks to the revival of Palo Alto College baseball after a three-year hiatus.<\/p>\n
Head coach David Brien took the demands of reviving PAC baseball to heart from the very beginning. <\/p>\n
Brien focused his recruiting on young men already rooted in the community who wanted a chance to stay home, play college ball and earn a degree tuition-free through AlamoPROMISE.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are all guys that were passed up or didn\u2019t get any eyes at all,\u201d Palominos freshman outfielder and Lee High School alum John Crowe said. \u201cBeing able to see the guys that came out of some of the high schools that I was around or maybe even been at is just incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n
With no junior college baseball program in the San Antonio area, Brien saw an opportunity to not just restart a team, but build something lasting for the South Side.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that there\u2019s no junior college baseball programs within over 200 miles,\u201d said Brien, \u201cfor them to, in their minds, come together and almost create a San Antonio All-Star team in college is something that they really gravitated towards.\u201d<\/p>\n
And never did the players imagine what the return of PAC baseball would mean to the surrounding community.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wear my Palo Alto gear here on the South Side and I get stopped like, \u2018Man you\u2019re a part of the baseball team, best of luck to you, we\u2019re cheering for you.\u2019 So, now we\u2019re getting the community behind us. It means a lot,\u201d said Palominos sophomore outfielder Maddox Prentice.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe other day I was at a gas station in my Palo Alto jersey, and I got stopped by somebody. … He was like, \u2018They have a baseball team again?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018That\u2019s right we do,\u2019\u201d added Crowe.<\/p>\n
Now, the South Side JUCO squad wants to create their own legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first people might doubt, people might say \u2018That\u2019s just those guys at Palo Alto on the South Side of San Antonio,\u2019\u201d said Prentice.<\/p>\n
But PAC\u2019s early results speak for themselves. The Palominos finished the fall 5-0 \u2014 facing developmental teams across NAIA, Division II and Division III.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew the potential was there,\u201d Brien said. \u201cI know it surprised them. In our first legit game, we went and played UH-Victoria. We were ahead after three innings and I just saw their posture change, the look on their faces, the confidence was palpable, you could literally just see it in the way they stood.\u201d<\/p>\n
PAC happily calls SA Five Diamonds Park home for now, but the dream is to one day have their own ballpark.<\/p>\n
\u201cGet a big ol\u2019 stadium, that\u2019s what I would love to see, and become some sort of big deal and maybe turn into a four-year instead of a two-year,\u201d said Crowe.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur athletic director, Matt (Gillette), is doing a great job with what he\u2019s doing. I see us in five to 10 years blowing up and being a pipeline like a San Jacinto College or a Blinn (College),\u201d added Prentice.<\/p>\n
The Palominos will resume their schedule on Saturday, weather permitting, when they host Trinity\u2019s club team.<\/p>\n
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