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Friday, June 10, 2011

Draft a Beginning and an End for EBHS Star

Carl Thomore is looking ahead to beginning his Major League Baseball career.

The Thomore’s had a separate room all prepared for the day, a Draft Room, from which Carl Thomore, his father Ken, and others could monitor the Major League Baseball Draft and field questions and phone calls. They spent a lot of time in that room on Monday and Tuesday, and almost as much time on the phone speaking with ball clubs. In the end, the last phone call from the Colorado Rockies, when the club said they would draft Carl as the 77th pick in this week’s major League Baseball Draft. “Words can’t describe it, that’s what I’ve been saying to everyone,” said Carl, hours after receiving the news that he would soon be a Colorado Rocky. “Any pro club would have been great, but the Rockies, with the relationship with Coach (Mike) Garlatti, …

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

East Brunswick Outfielder Drafted by Rockies

Carl Thomore was the 77th pick in the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft.

East Brunswick High School senior Carl Thomore was drafted by the Colorado Rockies as the 77th pick in the Major League Baseball draft. The right hander just finished up his fourth season with the Bears. As a member of the East Brunswick High School varsity squad, Carl has been scouted by 23 Major League Baseball teams, including the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees and worked out for nine of them. In the past year Carl has been selected to play with top prospect and developmental league teams, including the NJ Twins, the East Coast Pro Showcase Team and the News York Yankees Area Code Team. Most recently, Carl was named to the Rawlings/Perfect Game Preseason All American and  All Northeast Regional High School Senior 1st Team, …

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