Thursday, August 19, 2004

Most Powerful Man in Youth League Baseball?

Interesting story, mentioning ties with former GT head coach Jim Morris - link here.

He has found a comfortable landing pad for his players at the University of Miami, where he and head coach Jim Morris have fostered a relationship that is beneficial to both parties. Cuseta gets to brag that his players are on scholarship at a head-turning school, and Morris and other college coaches get to ship their freshmen to the Yankees for some off-season seasoning.

Cuseta is known best for his ability to evaluate talent. As was the case with Corbin, Cuseta befriended Morris early on before he became Collegiate Baseball's coach of the year and took the Hurricanes to the World Series. Cuseta met Morris when he was making his name, building Georgia Tech into a respectable program beginning in the 1980s, a feat that would land him in the school's Hall of Fame in 1999.