Four finalists have been named for the Dr. John Winkin Award, given annually to the state's top senior baseball player – better known as Mr. Baseball.

Wells' Demitrios Gazogiannis
Dirigo's Jon Smith
Bangor's Ian Edwards
Gardiner's Kyle Stilphen

The award will be presented June 27 at Husson College in Bangor, prior to the Larry Mahaney Baseball Classic. The all-star game, previously named the Maine Senior High School Baseball Classic, pits the state's top seniors from the Eastern and Western regions.

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Long time no blog, shame on me!

Kyle Skipworth of Patriot High School in Riverside, Calif., has been named the Gatorade National Player of the Year in baseball - he's the latest announced winner of the award.

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Today's the scheduled "last countable date" for regular-season baseball, softball and lacrosse games, but several have been rescheduled, with permission from the Maine Principals' Association. Check out the PPH's news updates for a list of postponements.

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Bonny Eagle baseball coach Marc Sawyer remained realistic during his team's 13-11 loss Tuesday at Biddeford. While the Scots led 3-1 in the third inning, Sawyer wasn't about to let his team get overconfident.

"I told the team, 'that Biddeford team has a bunch of hockey players, and they're used to winning,' " the first-year Scots coach said. " 'If you think they'll lie down, that's not going to happen.' "

Sure enough, the Tigers – whose roster includes All-State hockey MVP Tony Dube – scored three runs in the bottom of the third, then held off the Scots' rally attempt in the top of the ninth.

... Vanderbilt shortstop Ryan Flaherty is as easy as navigating the Internet.

The former Deering standout is keeping an online journal on Vanderbilt's athletics Web site and updates it every 10 days or so.

Once spring sports get on a roll, I hope to be updating this blog a little more frequently, too.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel caught up with former Mt. Ararat pitching standout Mark Rogers, who is at spring training at the Milwaukee Brewers' minor-league camp in Arizona.

The Brewers took Rogers with the fifth pick in the first round of the 2004 draft. Rogers underwent surgery on his right shoulder in January of 2007 and missed all of last season.