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Miramonte’s Tim Tague is Chronicle’s baseball player of the year
The Miramonte-Orinda senior — with an 11-0 record and 0.81 ERA to go with a .342 batting average and steady play from shortstop — led his team to 27 straight victories before a 4-3 defeat to Drake-San Anselmo in the North Coast Section Division 3 final June 3 burst the Matadors’ green and silver balloon.
Pitch by pitch, inning by inning, game by game, we were so locked in and had so much fun doing it.
Winning 27 straight games was crazy.
“Great kid, great leader,” said baseball coach Vince Dell’Aquila.
Said Miramonte football coach Jack Schram: Grounded.
[...] he’s got all the perspective he needs right at home.
[...] Tague couldn’t wait to meet up with his younger sister, Nicole, after the Drake loss.
The 13-year-old was born with Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a rare chromosomal disorder that causes low muscle tone, severe speech challenges and profound mental disability.
An electronic device helps her communicate, but truthfully, Tague said, only he, dad Skip, mom Anna, and sisters Caroline, 20, and Bridget, 16, understand Nicole.
[...] Tim Tague has never quit anything.
Despite a laundry list of significant injuries, the 6-foot, 185-pounder missed only half a football season as a sophomore.
Among his ailments: a torn meniscus in his right knee, six oral surgeries due to defects in his teeth, a broken foot, a broken toe, a severe ankle sprain and a stress fracture in his back.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The Chronicle.
Pitching — 11-0 record, 0.81 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 602/3 IP, 41 H, 67 Ks, 13 BBs, 8 pickoffs.
Batting — 76 at-bats, 26 hits (.342 average), 26 runs, 14 RBIs, 12 BBs, 10 SBs, .451 OBP, .461 slugging, .912 OPS.
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The Miramonte-Orinda senior — with an 11-0 record and 0.81 ERA to go with a .342 batting average and steady play from shortstop — led his team to 27 straight victories before a 4-3 defeat to Drake-San Anselmo in the North Coast Section Division 3 final June 3 burst the Matadors’ green and silver balloon.
Pitch by pitch, inning by inning, game by game, we were so locked in and had so much fun doing it.
Winning 27 straight games was crazy.
“Great kid, great leader,” said baseball coach Vince Dell’Aquila.
Said Miramonte football coach Jack Schram: Grounded.
[...] he’s got all the perspective he needs right at home.
[...] Tague couldn’t wait to meet up with his younger sister, Nicole, after the Drake loss.
The 13-year-old was born with Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a rare chromosomal disorder that causes low muscle tone, severe speech challenges and profound mental disability.
An electronic device helps her communicate, but truthfully, Tague said, only he, dad Skip, mom Anna, and sisters Caroline, 20, and Bridget, 16, understand Nicole.
[...] Tim Tague has never quit anything.
Despite a laundry list of significant injuries, the 6-foot, 185-pounder missed only half a football season as a sophomore.
Among his ailments: a torn meniscus in his right knee, six oral surgeries due to defects in his teeth, a broken foot, a broken toe, a severe ankle sprain and a stress fracture in his back.
MaxPreps senior writer Mitch Stephens covers high school sports for The Chronicle.
Pitching — 11-0 record, 0.81 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 602/3 IP, 41 H, 67 Ks, 13 BBs, 8 pickoffs.
Batting — 76 at-bats, 26 hits (.342 average), 26 runs, 14 RBIs, 12 BBs, 10 SBs, .451 OBP, .461 slugging, .912 OPS.
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