While it should come as no surprise that a professional baseball player holds the state of Georgia's high school home run record, it may come as a shock that the record-holder is not a slugging outfielder like Jason Heyward, Mike Cameron, Jeff Francoeur, Nick Markakis, or J.D. Drew. It isn’t a catcher with pop like Buster Posey or Brian McCann. It isn’t even “The Big Hurt” Frank Thomas or “The Georgia Peach” himself, Hall of Famer Ty Cobb. In fact, the record-holder isn’t a position player at all: it’s Diamondbacks pitcher Micah Owings.
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9 April 2010
When the Atlanta Braves announced during the last week of spring training that Jason Heyward had made the big league roster, it made headlines in part because both Stephen Strasburg and Aroldis Chapman were being assigned to the minors. However, after winning the starting right fielder’s job in Atlanta, the 20-year-old phenom wasted no time before impressing the baseball world by launching a three-run home run in his very first major league at-bat. Batting seventh in the lineup behind Chipper Jones, Brian McCann, and others has limited the pressure on the 14th overall pick in the 2007 draft, but before long, you can expect to see Heyward taking his hacks in the cleanup spot.
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17 March 2008
For the latest installment of my preview of the 2008 Major League Baseball season, I’ll take a look at the American League West.
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
Will Torii Hunter be able to provide another big bat to help Vladimir Guerrero carry the load?
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