Summary
"It's a sham that they needed to cut the programs; it's such a hoax. We told the school, 'If you need us to raise $400,000, we can,'" says Ronald Paquette of East Burke, a fourth-generation Vermonter whose son [Ethan Paquette] was the captain of this season's team. "But we were never given the chance. They just wanted to get rid of the program because the athletic director doesn't like baseball."
"We're not a hockey or a basketball - we're certainly a second-tier sport," says [Bill Currier], acknowledging [Bob Corran]'s concerns. "But we had won league championships in the past five years and were looked up to in the community, in the state and in the conference."When Currier talks about the loss of the team, it's hard not to sense a tinge of bitterness. But, at 49, he's too young to retire and too dedicated to the sport to walk away because of UVM's decision. "I looked around, but there wasn't much available this, year," he says of his future plans. "I'm hoping to stay close to Vermont."See the full content of this document
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Field of Dreams Deferred
Brian Pine, president of Burlington's Center City Little League and a longtime baseball coach, says the University of Vermont's decision to cut baseball from its sports roster hit close to home.
His teenage son, who will be a freshman at Burlington High School in the fall, lives to play baseball."Austin is one of those kids who might have had a chance be on the team," says Pine of his oldest son. "He would like nothing more...See the full content of this document
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