How’s it going eh? Today, we head to this year’s Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame class, who will officially be inducted in St. Mary’s this June. Let’s not delay further and get straight into it. If you haven’t got a bevy and a snack, grab them, sit, relax, and let’s check out our latest Inductee In An Instant…
DOB: October 19/1980, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
DRAFT: 2000 MLB Draft, 20th Round, 559th selection overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates out of Chipola College
MLB DEBUT: April 4/2004 v Boston Red Sox, 0 AB, 0 H
LAST APPEARANCE: September 30/2018 v Atlanta Braves, 3 AB, 2 H, 2 SB
TEAMS PLAYED FOR:
Baltimore Orioles (2004)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2004)
Kansas City Royals (2004)
Pittsburgh Pirates (2004-08)
Toronto Blue Jays (2008-17)
Atlanta Braves (2018)
New York Mets (2018)
Philadelphia Phillies (2018)
ACCOLADES & AWARDS
6X All-Star (2010-2015)
3X Silver Slugger (2010, 2011, 2014)
2X Hank Aaron Award (2010, 2011)
2X MLB HR Leader (2010, 2011)
Olympic Bronze at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Toronto Blue Jays Level of Excellence
Our latest Inductee is…
Jose Bautista
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VERY EARLY INDY BALL NOTES:
The Ottawa Titans have started the year with two wins in two games against the Down East Bird Dawgs. Upcoming: three games at Washington (May 13-15), three games at Lake Erie (May 16-18), Home Opener - May 20 v New Jersey
The Goldeyes have started the season 1-3, beating Cleburne in the season opener but dropping the remainder of the series to the Railroaders. Upcoming: three games at Kansas City (May 13-15), three games at Lincoln, Home Opener - May 20 v Milwaukee
We’ll have a more in-depth check-in and update later in May, once they've played some more games and are further into the schedule.
Thank you for stopping by and checking in today. Until the next time and as always…
Keep It 80 Grade!!!
