The new Doc Z’s Sports center is located at 6 West Main Street in downtown Du Quoin. The new facility has two batting cages, two pitching lanes/mounds, and two large open areas for fielding, speed, agility, strength and conditioning training.
Local baseball and softball athletes are working on their hitting/pitching/fielding/speed/agility/strength/conditioning with instruction from numerous top local talents, inlcuding Southern Illinois Miners hitting coach Ralph Santana.
Ralph Santana was drafted in 2001 by the Milwaukee Brewers where he quickly became a prospect for the organization. Within the first five years he was voted...