As some of you may know, one of my boys that I grew up with was drafted in the MLB draft last year. He has since been playing for Seattle's tripple A team, but was called up in early September. He has just been DH so far (hes a catcher) and didn't do much his first couple games, but then hit a homer with 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game which they ended up going on to win in the 10th. Fast forward 2 days 2 outs, bottom of the ninth, man on 2nd, game tied 4-4, Clem steps to the plate and pisses on one to straight center for his first walk off home run in the majors. This guy broke Mark McGuire's HR record at USC and holds the national high school HR record, so hopefully he can keep his game up and turn into a premiere player in the league. Player page: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=7923 First HR story: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=3038355 Walk off HR story: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=270928112
he had a slump goin in double A that I thought was gonna screw him out of a career but he pulled through. Heres the video of his walk off http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_...0&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1 and here's his first homer http://mlb.mlb.com/media/player/mp_...0&v=2&mType=w&urlstr=&mUrl=&type=v_free&_mp=1
He's just playing for the "farm team" the hawks here in boise right now as a pitcher. But should be looking up real soon. Here he is http://www.boisehawks.com/team/roster/index.html?player_id=7 This dude consistently throws 94+ gotta love it.
that's how you earn a contract in the bigs! gotta love good stories! hope he continues doing well brah! -dude