You have to give the Battle Creek Bombers credit. Whatever they did last season just didn't work. So they cleaned house and started over. In came a new manager in Matt Fonteno, who's an assistant at UNLV, along with a new coaching staff. And in came an entirely new group of players.
“Just kind of get a breath of fresh air with everything and a whole new attitude," Fonteno said of his approach to taking over the Bombers. "My coaching staff and the new players – there isn’t any returners from last year’s squad. We’re just kind of starting over and developing a whole new atmosphere.”
* On an unrelated note, we're now about an hour into the 2008 Major League Baseball first-year player draft. I'll try to keep you posted throughout the day on any Express-related picks. I would imagine the first player with Eau Claire connections to come off the board would be UC-Davis catcher Jacob Jefferies, who's expected to go in the first four or five rounds. There's been a mini run on catchers early in the first round, so Jefferies might climb up a few boards. Jake was a big, big part of the Express' run to the Northwoods League championship series last summer and is a real nice kid.
A few current Express players also should come off the board -- whether it be today or tomorrow, when the draft concludes. I'll have my draft tracker up during batting practice and tonight's game against Waterloo. So stay tuned.
- Joe Ziemer
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