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          Will Sanborn tried Official Cam Neely Jersey to hide Mike Burdin in the lineup last season, and it worked.
    Now, he David Krejci Jersey Bruins hopes Hockey Tim Thomas Jersey to do it again, but the St. Joseph's College baseball coach admits the David Krejci Stanley Cup Jersey secret may finally be out.
   "Last year he got an opportunity and he Zdeno Chara Jersey took full advantage of it," Sanborn said. "Last year he was a secret weapon for us. We hope he will be again this year, but he's not unknown anymore."
   Not after what Burdin did for the Monks last season.
Cam Neely Jersey Finals />    Burdin, Authentic David Krejci Jersey a 2006 Gardiner Area High School graduate, hit .385 last season after earning regular playing time for the Monks. He hit five home runs, drove in Buy Tim Thomas Jersey 37 and finished with a .623 slugging percentage, which was fourth on the Premier David Krejci Jersey team. He also had an 11-game hitting streak that was second-longest on the team last season.

   He started 38 games -- 19 at both second and shortstop -- for St. Joseph's, which finished David Krejci Bruins Jersey 31-13. He'll start at second NHL Cam Neely Jersey base this season.
   "Last year I came in and really had the confidence on the field," said Burdin, who was third on the team in home runs and fourth in RBI. "My first two years I David Krejci Jersey Authentic was behind a couple of Finals Cam Neely Jersey all-conference players so there wasn't much room to play."
   So he did what Sanborn asked of him -- watch and Stanley Cup David Krejci Jersey learn.
   "I always try to be a perfectionist," said Burdin, a senior captain. Authentic David Krejci Jersey "I would get hard on David Krejci Premier Jersey myself in the field if I made an error. But when you watch the older guys you see they are more comfortable making a mistake. Now I try to make the younger guys more comfortable."
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   Burdin hits primarily ninth, where he can do a variety of things for the Monks (6-6).
    "He has some pop and he does a good job of getting on base," Sanborn said. "He can lay the bunt down and do the hit and run. David Krejci Premier Jersey He does David Krejci Jersey all the little things."
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   The Monks won the Great Northeast Athletic Conference last season. They earned the top seed Premier David Krejci Jersey in the conference tournament, but an early round loss to Suffolk pushed them into the loser's bracket.
    St. Joe's rallied back to the championship game, where it lost 15-6 to Suffolk. The defeat snapped the Monks' four-season reign David Krejci Jersey Authentic of the conference.
    However, the Monks return the bulk of that team and are gunning for their fifth 30-win season in six seasons.
   "We didn't Sell Tim Thomas Jersey end up David Krejci Authentic Jersey accomplishing what we wanted to, and it's hard to say that after going 31-13," Sanborn said. "But overall, in the big picture, I think expectations are high this season."
   Burdin agreed.
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   Bill Stewart -- 623-3811, ext. 515
   bstewart@centralmaine.com
 

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