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MLB dreams on display for scouts at Bridgeforth

Posted: July 20, 2012

The Winchester Star

Drew Gadaire (left) of Charlotte, N.C., and Gabe Ortiz of Panama City, Panama, run the 60-yard dash during the Major League Baseball tryouts held Thursday at Bridgeforth Field. Gadaire played baseball at Davidson College and Ortiz at Virginia Tech and for the Winchester Royals. (Photo by Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star)
Pitching scout Don Kohler uses a radar gun to get the speed of a pitch during the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau tryouts.
Brad Fidler, standing, Mid-Atlantic scout for the MLB Scouting Bureau, gives instructions to those attending the baseball tryouts at Bridgeforth Field on Thursday.

WINCHESTER — The last few months have been somewhat frustrating for former Winchester Royal Gabe Ortiz.

During the middle of his senior season at Virginia Tech, Ortiz, dreaming of being drafted by...



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