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MacArthur's Tuozzo wins pitcher Diamond

Jesse Tuozzo of MacArthur High School with the

Photo credit: Joseph D. Sullivan | Jesse Tuozzo of MacArthur High School with the Diamond award for best pitcher. (June 15, 2011)

It was a little bit like lightning in a bottle -- a bright and unexpected flash of energy in a package that didn't seem like it could contain it. That was Jesse Tuozzo, a newly-minted 15 years old at the time, five-something, about 130 pounds, pitching in a summer league.

At that point in his junior varsity career, Tuozzo had made his name as what MacArthur coach Steve Costello called a "nearly...

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