Maximum Output Strength and Conditioning

Post written by John Servilla

Matt Fitton, a four year starter from Sacred Heart University, has made the next step in ever baseball player’s dream by signing a profession contract with the Newark Bears. Fitton made his debut Monday, June 20 with the Bears against Worcester and pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings of relief, striking out three with a hit and a walk allowed.

Fitton, a 6-9 left-handed pitcher from Lebanon, CT, graduated this May after playing four years for the Pioneers.  As a captain on this past season’s 2011 Northeast Conference championship team, he led Sacred Heart with 20 appearances.  He closed out his collegiate career in impressive fashion in the NCAA Clemson Regional, allowing just one run in 5.2 innings of relief against the Clemson Tigers on June 3. Fitton finished the season 2-2 with a 4.20 ERA, striking out 32 batters in 45.0 innings.

The Newark Bears are a part of the Independent Can-Am League and Fitton will play for former Major League star outfielder Tim Raines, who manages the Bears.  Other former big leaguers on his new team include Tim Raines, Jr. (outfield), Daryl Ward (infield), Jim Leyritz (third base coach), and Ron Karkovice (assistant coach).

You can follow Fittons stats on:

http://canamnewark.bbstats.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=154651

The website has been lacking lately due to a crazy busy in-season schedule this year.

For those of you whom have not been following, Sacred Heart’s Baseball Program won the Northeast Conference in dramatic fashion with 3 complete game wins from underclassman pitchers.

From there SHU earned a bid to the NCAA Division I National Tournament held at Clemson University.

Although the team did not do as well as they had hoped, there were many highlights along the way.  Most notably breaking the school record of wins in a season for the second straight year now paced at 34.

Individual Awards were as follows:

Nick Leiningen

• Rookie of the Year and Second-Team All-NEC Pitcher award
• He was second in the NEC this season with six complete games.

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

• “Louisville Slugger” Freshman All-American Baseball Team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110608rqtra5

• All-NEC Tournament Team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110522ewwnws

• Twice named both NEC Pitcher of the Week

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/201104047hi0g0

• Three times NEC Rookie of the week

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110516eo148w

Rob Griffith

• First-Team All-NEC at first base
• Tying for the league lead in RBI with 43
• Team-best four homeruns
• Error-free season at first base

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

JJ Edwards

• First-Team All-NEC outfielder
• Led the team and finished second in the NEC with a .388 batting average and 76 hits
• Led the team this season with 38 runs and a .425 OBP
• Did not commit an error despite playing every game this season

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

• New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association Division I All-Star Game 1^st Team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110531cl3rrk

Steve Tedesco

• First-Team All-NEC outfielder
• Team-best 14 stolen bases

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

• Capitol One All District team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110506u4ga0j

MJ Schifano

• Second-Team All-NEC at third base

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

• Akadema Northeast Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110425u8m4rv

Hunter Phillips

• Second-Team All-NEC honors at second base

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

• Akadema Northeast Conference Player of the Week

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110516eo148w

• 15^th hardest to Strike Out in the NCAA

http://www.ncaa.com/stats/baseball/d1/current/individual/339

Troy Scribner

• Second-Team All-NEC pitcher
• Tied for the NEC lead with eight wins
• 83.2 innings on the mound, second most in the NEC.

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110519xshxmy

• New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association Division I All-Star Game 2nd Team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110531cl3rrk

• NEC All-Tournament Team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110522ewwnws

Derik Horn

• Clemson Regional All-Tournament team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/201106082p2c99

• NEC All-Tournament team

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110522ewwnws

Robert Maguire

• Akadema Rookie of the Week by the Northeast Conference

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110509hjh3df

Connor McEvoy

• Akadema Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110418rx39fd

John Hermanson

• Akadema/Northeast Conference Pitcher of the Week

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/201103214bs48a

John Murphy

• NEC Tournament MVP

http://www.sacredheartpioneers.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/releases/20110522ewwnws

Yep, you heard it here first, the sad truth is research has found that exercise does not work in changing body composition and diets don’t work because of a lack of compliance.

Let’s delve a bit deeper.

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As the New Year comes to a start, people attend local gyms in record numbers.  With this phenomenon, personal trainers are hired at an increased rate.

Personal trainers are often highly qualified individuals with years of academic, clinical, and in-the-trenches experience that allows them to give a high quality of service to you.  Unfortunately, the great trainers often get lost in the mix with trainers who don’t know their elbow from their ear.

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