Long Beach Wilson’s Hicks made top-25 list in baseball

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The night is rainy. Chilly. Totally icky. So no thoughts of baseball should traipse into my noggin. But they do since I just perused MaxPreps.com’s top-25 list of baseball players in the nation. One name is Aaron Hicks, the quicksilver-fast centerfielder of Long Beach Wilson. He can also close games zinging 94-mph octane.

“He’s a five-tool player without a doubt,” Coach Andy Hall affirms. “He possesses the inner drive to get to the next level and succeed. He’s got a tremendous body and could have been big-time in football.”

Man, can’t wait to see this kid play.

And check out that photo -- that’s Hicks flying through the air for a ball. Flying? There’s no flying in baseball.

Gosh, will I ever stop being a dork?

-- Anthony Stitt