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Matt Skirving who played Mosquito and Pee Wee for EBBA and Bantam for the London Badgers before moving with his family to Midland Michigan was drafted in the 30th round of the MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 9.  Matt who just completed his junior season at Eastern Michigan University signed a few days later with the Pirates and was assigned to the State College Spikes in the short-season Single-A New York-Penn League.

Matt's father Rob Skirving was an LDBA vice-president in 2002 and 2003 before taking a job in Midland Michigan where Matt played high school baseball and then moved on to EMU Eagles where last season he hit a college career high 16 home runs.