He certainly might do better in some of the southern ones than the microcosm of the USA that is Florida.

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Chris Holt, a former major-leaguer who now coaches prospects at Pro Bound USA, a Florida baseball academy, says young pitchers who can't hit 90 on the radar gun don't get a serious look.

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The other eight would be Connecticut, Cincinnati, South Florida, Temple, Central Florida, Houston, Memphis and SMU, the latter four out of Conference USA. Navy is slated to join for just football in 2015.

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He will now leave in December for the USA, where he will begin tyre testing for his new team in Daytona, Florida.

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