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2027 Josh Johnson 3* DE/DT from Key West (Key West HS) Pre-Commit Thread

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SSCanes said:
I spend about 3 months a year there. Just left this past Saturday. Had to get back to a snow filled New York 🤪
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I’ve been back once since I left in ‘81…my brother moved a couple years back and it’s nothing like the paradise we were fortunate enough to grow up in…there’s a ton of Conchs that live on the I-4 corridor between Tampa and Daytona….
 
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Richie dropped bombs in softball. I remember being a kid and watching him play at Perry Court.
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You must have watched me play then cause I played when he did in the mid - late 70’s . We played for Miller Hi Life.We started out playing at Bayview Park but they ran the league off and built Perry Court cause we were bouncing balls off the houses across the street and when we’d hit a house a few of the people wouldn’t give the balls back…lol
 
Cajuncane said:
You must have watched me play then cause I played when he did in the mid - late 70’s . We played for Miller Hi Life.We started out playing at Bayview Park but they ran the league off and built Perry Court cause we were bouncing balls off the houses across the street and when we’d hit a house a few of the people wouldn’t give the balls back…lol
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That was before my time. I was around the fields latter part of the 80’s.
 
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That was before my time. I was around the fields latter part of the 80’s.
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Yea Richie was probably still playing I guess.He was in his 20’s when I played with him but you’re right he could hit a softball but like Boog and Carl he was a big old boy.
 
MedleyCane said:
I had to look it up to be sure.
Also, Ran Carthon and Mekhi Sargent from Key West HS.
I know they also have/had a pretty good baseball program.
Not bad for a small island.

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For a long time we had the record for the most state championships in Baseball which included ‘69 which I was a part of as was Randy Sterling who was the Mets number 1 draft pick that year. We beat Lakeland Kathleen that year which was played in Lakeland and we ended up in a massive fight when a bunch of Lakeland kids decided to come to our hotel looking to fight.
 
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Cajuncane said:
For a long time we had the record for the most state championships in Baseball which included ‘69 which I was a part of as was Randy Sterling who was the Mets number 1 draft pick that year. We beat Lakeland Kathleen that year which was played in Lakeland and we ended up in a massive fight when a bunch of Lakeland kids decided to come to our hotel looking to fight.
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Haha.
Back in1977, my Hialeah Miami Lakes HS played the baseball State championship vs Jax Terry Parker in North Florida. Their supporters yelled interesting stuff at our team, including "row, row your boat" song at our boys, who had alot of Cuban-Americans players. Needless to say, it didn't go well for the team from Jax.
Did you know (per Wikipedia), that Boog spent his first 14 years in Lakeland?
Regardless, he is a Conch.
Lived many years in Maryland where he remains a legend and he has said it often.
He has(had?) Boog's BBQ pit at the stadium for years. You could smell it all over stadium.
Key West is an amazing little town.
Amazingly, it was the biggest city in Florida in the early 1900s. Henry Flagler changed all of this with his railroad.
 
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MedleyCane said:
Haha.
Back in my 1977, my Hialeah Miami Lakes HS played the baseball State championship vs Jax Terry Parker in North Florida. Their supporters yelled interesting stuff at our team, including "row, row your boat" song at our boys, who had alot of Cuban-Americans players. Needless to say, it didn't go well for the team from Jax.
Did you know (per Wikipedia), that Boog spent his first 14 years in Lakeland?
Regardless, he is a Conch.
Lived many years in Maryland where he remains a legend and he has said it often.
He has(had?) Boog's BBQ pit at the stadium for years. You could smell it all over stadium.
Key West is an amazing little town.
Amazingly, it was the biggest city in Florida in the early 1900s. Henry Flagler changed all of this with his railroad.
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He also owned a Marina for many years on Stock Island which is the last place you cross before getting into KW.
 
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