Back when Raffo was recruiting a kid from Noxapater back in the late nineties, the kid was a fast throwing 95 per hour fastball and in very much control of his pitches , he struck out most of the batters he faced and set a record of strikeouts over two seasons,Unfortunately, he was playing on at a small A public school and they pitched this kid almost everyday without must needed rest in between games and just basically wore out his pitching arm. He lead them to a State Title but by the end of the season, his arm was worn out. Raffo and State backed off and told him to sign with the Meridian program and play for two years. Unfortunately, due to the massive overuse of his arm in high school , by the time he got to MCCC, he could not throw hardly 75 per hour and had no control, his arm was effectively gone. Needless to say his future was done. I felt so bad for the kid because he had to live with his career being over and his dream of pitching for the Dogs was effectively over. So Sad !