Pitching is name of the game in compressed season

Pitching. It’s a word that will cost coaches plenty of sleep when the 2015 baseball season finally opens. Rick Saypack is the fourth Springfield baseball coach in three years.
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SPRINGFIELD Rick Saypack is the fourth Springfield baseball coach in three years. He replaces Gary Harris who was originally hired to replaced Archie Farmer who moved out of the area. However, Harris was not able to coach the team this season and the call went to Saypack, 57, who coached the team in 2001. And Saypack has other coaching experience with the Chester American Legion team. One thing that Saypack has going for him that a lot of other schools do not have is numbers. “We’ve got 27 out, but a lot of them are freshmen,” said Saypack. “We’ll carry 13 on the varsity.” Saypack said while the team has been confined to the indoors he has been working with the pitchers. “You have to throw strikes that’s what we are emphasizing ,” said Saypack. “You can’t walk people.” While the team is new to Saypack who did not see the club play last spring, from what he has seen so far he feels that, “we should compete.” Springfield, because of its lack of success the few years, will once again be C Division Marble Valley League team during the regular season before playing in the Division II tournament. Springfield’s opener is April 11 at West Rutland. Kirk Perham will coach the junior varsity.