By I.J. Rosenberg - For the AJC
Jim Poole played a major role in what was perhaps the four best years Georgia Tech baseball has ever seen. Today, his high school tutelage of Tech’s top two pitchers will have a lot to do with how the current team fares in the NCAA baseball regionals.
As the pitching coach at Johns Creek High School, Poole mentored pitchers Brandon Gold and Mathew Gorst. Both juniors and prospects for next week’s MLB draft, Gold was 8-3 with a 2.83 ERA during the regular season while Gorst had 12 saves and allowed just two earned runs in 44 1/3 innings (0.