Aumont vs. Australia

You never know what is going to pop up in a google alert. Take the following story from The West Australian about a potential future Rattler in a matchup between Canada and Australia...

Heat need to keep out of arm’s way

The earthworms at Baseball Park in Thornlie are wearing hard hats today.

Team Canada’s $2 million man is getting ready to cut off Perth Heat batters at the ankles with his vicious, 150kmh sinking fastball in a four-game series, starting tonight.

Major League scouting reports note Phillippe Aumont, 18, is as raw as a rump steak still on the hoof. They also note he stands 200cm, with a right arm that generates lightning.

Put these attributes on the pitching mound and the result is a nasty, downward-angled thunderbolt with a natural dip towards the end, a bottom-of-the-strike-zone weapon that earned him a topshelf contract with the Seattle Mariners earlier this year.

I'm going to have to read Australian sports writers more often.