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These players have been to Macomb Batting Cages along with many others, including over 50 All-State players.

Eddie Lara	16 Years as a Professional Ball Player: Oakland Athletics (Minors): 1992-1999 Long Island Ducks (Atlantic League): 2000 Schaumburg Flyers (Northern League): 2001 San Angelo Colts (Central League): 2002 Newark Bears (Atlantic League): 2003-2004 Bridgeport. Atlantic City (Atlantic League): 2004 Edinburg Coyotes (United League): 2005-06
Alex Avila	Attended: University of Alabama Drafted By: Detroit Tigers (5th Round- pick 163, 2008) Was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List (College Baseball Player of the Year) in 2008. His Grandfather Ralph was a longtime scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers; and his father Al is Assistant General Manager and Vice-President for the Detroit Tigers. He also worked here at Macomb Batting Cages for his first job. Alex made his Major League Debut with the Detroit Tigers on August 6, 2009 against the Baltimore Orioles. He hit his first career double that day, and the next day, hit his first career home run to right field at Comerica Park. Watch video of Alex Avila at mlb.com!
Nicholas Buss	Attended: University of Southern California Drafted By: Los Angeles Dodgers (8th Rd, pick 247, 2008) Earned All-Southern California and All-Pacific Coast Conference first team honors as a 2006 freshman after leading San Diego Mesa CC with a .382 (66-for-173) batting average. Currently playing for the Inland Empire 66ers of the California League (Minor League team for the Dodgers). Watch video of Nicholas Buss at mlb.com!
Chris Getz	Attended High School at Grosse Point South High School where he was a 3 time All-Michigan selection in baseball and holds the South career records for batting average (.465), doubles, stolen bases, walks, and saves. Played Baseball at the University of Michigan after transferring from Wake Forest. Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2005 Draft. Called up by the White Sox on August 9, 2008; and made his first appearance on August 12th where he collected his first Major League base hit. On August 13th, he made his first career start at second base, where he went 1-3 with a base hit. In November 2009, Getz was traded to the Kansas City Royals, where he became the backup second baseman. Click here to watch Chris Getz's first hit in the Major Leagues!
Jason Beverlin	Selected in the 4th Round of the 1994 Draft by the Oakland Athletics. The next summer, he was traded to the New York Yankees along with Ruben Sierra in exchange for Danny Tartabull. Jason was signed by the Anaheim Angels as a minor-league free agent after the 2000 season. After one season in the Angels farm system, he became a free agent and was signed by the Cleveland Indians. In 2002, Beverlin made his Major League Baseball debut. That year he played with both the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers. He spent three of the next four seasons pitching in Japan with the Yakult Swallows and Yokohama BayStars. In 2007, he briefly played for the Buffalo Bisons, the AAA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. Jason is a former Macomb Batting Cages instructor, and he is currently the pitching coach at Georgia Southern University.
Jayson Ruhlman	Jayson graduated from L'Anse Creuse High School North in Macomb, Michigan in 2002. He went to Central Michigan University to play baseball, where he went 5-4 with a 4.40 ERA in 2005. In 2002, he was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 12th Round of the draft. He did not sign, and instead went to Central Michigan. In 2005, Jayson was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 23rd Round. Jayson is currently playing for the Daytona Cubs of the Florida Southern League. In the 2008 Season, he went 8-6 with an ERA of 2.84 in 48 appearances.
Tim Poley	University of Detroit Mercy
Mike Moljewski	Attended: University of Miami- Ohio Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 33rd round of the 2001 Draft. Did not sign with the White Sox.
Jon Kowalski	Michigan State University
Jim Lipari	Bowling Green University
Justin Mazur	Justin is a 2005 Graduate of De La Salle Collegiate High School in Warren, Michigan. He was selected to the 3rd Annual Negro League High School All-Star Game. He was named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team after making a team-high 15 appearances (seven starts) and went 5-0 with a 5.58 ERA and 28 strikeouts. He began the season with three straight scoreless relief appearances, including his first win Feb. 24 versus Northern Kentucky. He posted a 4.10 ERA in his seven starts. In June 2010, Mazur signed a Minor League contract with the Kansas City Royals, and reported to the Royals extended-season (Single-A) team in Arizona.
Dennis Czuchaj	University of Detroit Mercy Hillsdale College
Herman Petzold	Herman is a three-time letter winner at De La Salle Collegiate High School in Warren, Michigan. While at De La Salle, he had a .331 career average, and was captain of the baseball team his senior season. In 2006, he received several honors, including team MVP, all-state, all-district, all-region, all-county, all-metro, and all-league. In his junior season, he was all-district and academic all-state.
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Chris Demetral	Chris graduated from Sterling Heights High School in 1988 and attended college at Western Michigan University, where his younger brother Scott is the head baseball coach. After his junior season at WMU, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 31st round of the amateur draft. In his first three years in the Dodgers’ farm system, he worked his way up from rookie ball to AAA, the final stop before the big leagues. After six seasons in the Dodgers’ system, Demetral became a free agent and signed with the Texas Rangers, playing AAA in Oklahoma City for three years, before signing with the Detroit Tigers in 2001. The Tigers released him nine days into Spring Training After six seasons in the Dodgers’ system, Demetral became a free agent and signed with the Texas Rangers, playing AAA in Oklahoma City for three years, before signing with the Detroit Tigers in 2001. Chris played for the Greek Olympic Baseball Team in the 2004 Olympics, and is looking forward to playing again.
Brian Sikorski	Brian attended Western Michigan University and obtained a degree in criminology. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 1995 amateur entry draft by the Houston Astros. Brian made his Major League Debut in 2000 with the Texas Rangers. After one season with the Rangers, he made his Japanese Debut with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball League. In 2004, Brian played for the Yomiuri Giants. In 2006, he signed a contract with the San Diego Padres, but during the summer of 2006 he was traded to the Cleveland Indians. On May 17, 2007, Sikorski's contract was sold to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. He signed to play for the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2008.

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