ART HOWE'S SON PLAYS FOR VISALIA.Byline: Chris Cocoles Daily News Staff Writer He's out to discredit those critics who'll say, `Well, he's just there because his dad is the manager.' Visalia Oaks The Visalia Oaks are a minor league baseball team in Visalia, California, U.S. They are a "high-A" class team of the Arizona Diamondbacks operating in the California League. The Oaks play home games at Recreation Park; opened in 1967, the stadium seats 1,800 fans. third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Matt Howe thinks he can be of value to the parent club Oakland A's, even if one of his parents is the organization's major-league manager. Art Howe's son, a 1998, 29th-round draft pick from Texas Christian University Texas Christian University, at Fort Worth; Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); coeducational; opened 1873 at Thorp Spring, chartered 1874 as Add Ran Male and Female College. It assumed its present name in 1902 and moved to Fort Worth in 1910. , will take the Lancaster Municipal Stadium field for the Oaks tonight against the JetHawks. His intention is to play his way through Oakland's minor-league system. ``The A's drafted me because they thought I could be a good player,'' he said Tuesday in Visalia. Howe, 22, didn't disappoint last summer after signing with the A's. At short-season Southern Oregon This article is about the southern region of the U.S. state of Oregon. For the University, see Southern Oregon University. Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. , the 6-0, 190-pounder hit .278 with five homers, 47 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in , 16 doubles and three triples in 68 games. He earned a promotion to the advanced Single-A California League The California League is a minor league baseball league which operates throughout the state of California. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth for this season. He homered against the JetHawks during Monday's doubleheader at Recreation Park but was batting .182 through Thursday's games. The only negative for Howe is he wasn't assigned to the A's other Cal League affiliate in Modesto, a quicker drive from his dad's job in the East Bay. Not that Art Howe Arthur Henry Howe Jr. (born December 15, 1946, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the bench coach for the Texas Rangers. He is an alumni of the University of Wyoming. During his Major League Baseball career, he played as an infielder and also spent time as a baseball scout and has a lot of time to critique Matt's performance or just take in one of his games. It's always been that way. Spending 10 years as a big-league third baseman, the elder Howe is entering his fourth season as Oakland's manager after skippering the Houston Astros for five years. ``He probably saw five of my games in college,'' Matt Howe said. ``He's very busy now, too. We talk on the phone at least one or two times a week. We talk baseball, but it's mostly a father-son thing.'' A's rookie phenom Eric Chavez, Visalia's starting third baseman just two seasons ago, could block any prospective third baseman in the A's system from cracking the major-league roster. ``You can't worry about what you can't control. If you can do it, they'll notice,'' said Howe, who played shortstop at his Houston high school and at TCU (Transmission Control Unit) A communications control unit controlled by the computer that does not execute internally stored programs. Contrast with front end processor, which executes its own instructions. before being shifted to his dad's old position. Art Howe's never managed his son at any level during their baseball careers. Matt wouldn't mind getting that opportunity in a green and gold uniform someday. ``I think it would be a lot of fun. He's a player's manager and a pretty laid-back guy,'' Matt Howe said. ``I also have a lot of respect for what he did as a player. He had to go to a tryout just to make it. He worked hard to get where he was.'' |
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