I know A Professional Baseball Player

[jct32]

One of the kids that went to my school in '05 has been drafted and signed a contract. Ashton Mowdy got picked in the 19th round by the Astros and is playing A ball right now. It's pretty cool seeing that I know this guy and have hit off him because he was our coach two summers ago during summer ball. Just a cool quick fact that I would state.

[Scott]

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Technically he's not a professional if he's in the minors

[Chaos81]

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Travis Metcalf, who's a third baseman for the Rangers, is a family friend. He's in AAA now, but was up at the Major league level last year, and played in around 50 games.

Technically he's not a professional if he's in the minors

They stopped getting paid at the minor league level or something?

[Scott]

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Travis Metcalf, who's a third baseman for the Rangers, is a family friend. He's in AAA now, but was up at the Major league level last year, and played in around 50 games.


They stopped getting paid at the minor league level or something?

haha good point...That's cool you know Travis Metcalf...I'm a fan of his.

[jct32]

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I used to feel really bad how one time during BP Mowdy threw his curveball to me and made me look like an complete idiot, but now seeing the recent events that have happened I don't feel as bad now.

[SPTO]

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The closest thing to me knowing a baseball player is the fact that Josh Hamilton is a distant cousin of a guy I trade NFL DVDs with.

Oh and I have family with the last name Texiera but not related to Mark so no dice there.

[Chaos81]

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Oh and I have family with the last name Texiera but not related to Mark so no dice there.

Come on, you're supposed to brag about how Mark's a very distant cousin. Don't you know how that kind of thing works?

haha good point...That's cool you know Travis Metcalf...I'm a fan of his.

I've only talked to him a couple times, and that was years ago. Last year he was starting when the Rangers came to KC, but for some reason I didn't go to the games.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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My brother went to high school with, and knows Jeff Adrian...I hope that counts for something.

[stewaat]

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Technically he's not a professional if he's in the minors

False

He's not a major leaguer...and his chances are extremely slim...but live the dream!

[chilli311]

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No one I know made it, but some of my friends know guys that did (Michael Cuddyer and Casey Blake).

[PVarck31]

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My very good friend was drafted out of high school 3rd rd. 3rd pick by the chi sox. He got to AA.

My cousins best friend is Brian Anderson (the pitcher) Played catch with him. now retired.

My old roomate went the school with the LaRoche brothers.

I met Kenny Lofton a number of times. He dated the daughter of a guy my dad worked with. Very nice guy.

[McLite]

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We had a bunch of guys get drafted and sign contracts from my high school. They won State something like 6 times in a row. I don't think any of them ever made it to "The Show" though.

[X*Cell]

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One of the kids that went to my school in '05 has been drafted and signed a contract. Ashton Mowdy got picked in the 19th round by the Astros and is playing A ball right now. It's pretty cool seeing that I know this guy and have hit off him because he was our coach two summers ago during summer ball. Just a cool quick fact that I would state.

The Short Season Single-A team for the Houston Astros is in my hometown of Albany, NY... Tri-City ValleyCats... their opening day at the ballpark is today... and I looked up the roster... and he's on the team

I hope he does well.

[mjb2124]

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In HS, I played against/with 2 guys I know that went onto play in MLB:

Cory Sullivan (same team) and Matt Clement (opponent)

I pitched against Sullivan a few times during inter-squad games. He was an easy out back then. Just pound him outside and he'd get frustrated - he wasn't able to go the other way back then. Clement played more 1B in HS than pitcher. When he did pitch, he was wild as hell.

There were a few tournaments across the US that I played in where opposing players were drafted, but I don't know if any of them ever made it or not.

[Trevytrev11]

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I pitched/played against:

-C.C. Sabathia (1998 Vallejo High) - Walked him on 4 straight pitches the only time I faced him
-Dustin Pedroia (1998 and 1999 Woodland High School and a Summer team out of Reno, NV)-we beat them for sections.
-Connor Jackson (2003 Cal) - I didn't pitch this game, but we beat Cal.
-Johnny Gomez (1999 Casa Grande, 2000 and 2001 Santa Rosa JC). We beat them in 99 in their own Spring Tournament, and in 2001 they knocked us out of the conference playoffs.
-Huck Flenner-Actually before I moved to Texas, he was part of my monthly poker game. He pitched for the Blue Jays for a few years in the 90's before losing his eye when he was struck by a line drive.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/flenehu01.shtml
-Gary Wilson-Another guy who had a cup of coffee in the majors in the mid-90's. He was my pitching coach in junior college.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wilsoga03.shtml
-My former college coach is/was brother-in-law to JT Snow (He was married to JT's sister, but they may now be divorced).

While in college and coaching in HS, there were several players that were drafted, though non of them made it or have made it yet.