{"id":3633,"date":"2010-06-25T11:26:55","date_gmt":"2010-06-25T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=3633"},"modified":"2010-06-25T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2010-06-25T17:26:55","slug":"hazelwood-baseball-camp-features-mcclellan-and-motte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=3633","title":{"rendered":"Hazelwood Baseball Camp Features McClellan and Motte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3672\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BB-camp-with-Motte-McCllenen.pg-3jpg-470x312.jpg?resize=470%2C312\" alt=\"BB camp with Motte, McCllenen.pg 3jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"312\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Special\u00a0 to the Independent News)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em>Forty-two participants of Hazelwood\u2019s 2010 Baseball Camp got more than they bargained for when St. Louis Cardinals relief pitcher Kyle McClellan showed up with his friend Jason Motte, another Redbird bullpen hurdler known for having a 100 mph fastball.\u00a0 Both of them answered questions and signed autographs for all of the campers between the ages of six and 12.<\/p>\n<p>From some of the questions that were asked, McClellan revealed that his favorite pitch is the curve ball.\u00a0 On the other hand, Motte\u2019s favorite pitch is the fastball.\u00a0 When Motte was asked how fast he can throw a fastball, he said his fastest pitches have been clocked around 100 and 101 mph.\u00a0 McClellan\u2019s fastest pitch has been clocked at 95 mph.\u00a0 They also explained the difference between a 2-seam fastball and a 4-seam fastball, and how the ball moves across home plate with both pitches.<\/p>\n<p>When asked how they made it to the Major Leagues, McClellan told the crowd that he was drafted in 2002 right out of high school when he graduated from Hazelwood West High School.\u00a0 Beforehand, he was planning to play college baseball at the University of Missouri.\u00a0 Motte was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 from the minors.\u00a0 He said, \u201cMajor league baseball is a lot better than the minor league.\u201d\u00a0 He recalls being amazed at how big the stadiums are in the major leagues.\u00a0 He would sit and just stare up into the stadium and look at all the people during his first couple of games.<\/p>\n<p>Here are other interesting facts learned by the campers:\u00a0 Motte started out as a catcher and then was converted to being a pitcher about five years ago.\u00a0 And, McClellan throws his important pitches from the stretch while he\u2019s warming up in the bullpen.<\/p>\n<p>McClellan congratulated all the kids for coming out to participate in the Baseball Camp.\u00a0 He pointed out that when he was their age, he played on some of the same baseball fields they\u2019re using now.\u00a0 During the summer, McClellan would always try to play a game of baseball everyday.\u00a0 He said all of his hard work paid off.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not as difficult as it seems for one of you to end up where I\u2019m standing in a few years as a MLB player, and talk to a group of kids about baseball,\u201d McClellan noted.<\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, Hazelwood\u2019s Baseball Camps have been hosted by The Fieldhouse Training Center, one of the largest baseball and softball training facilities in the region.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This Hazelwood business is run by McClellan\u2019s father, Terry.\u00a0 McClellan attributes much of his baseball success to the strong support he receives from his father and mother, Kathy.\u00a0 His brother, Matt, was the varsity baseball coach for Hazelwood West High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Special\u00a0 to the Independent News) Forty-two participants of Hazelwood\u2019s 2010 Baseball Camp got more than they bargained for when St. Louis Cardinals relief 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