CHATTER: BORCHARD'S MAJOR MOVE ON HOLD FOR NOW.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. and Ross Siler Staff Writers Joe Borchard Joseph Edward Borchard (born November 25, 1978 in Panorama City, California), a 1997 graduate of Adolfo Camarillo High School in Camarillo, California was the 12th pick of the first round in the 2000 MLB amateur draft out of Stanford University by the Chicago White Sox. didn't have his breakthrough this spring, but he still might be heating up the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. before the summer months arrive. Borchard, a 24-year-old former standout at Camarillo High, was considered a possibility to earn one of the starting outfield spots in Chicago this season but was sent to the Triple-A Charlotte (N.C.) Knights on Wednesday. The starting center-field job, the last one open, went to Aaron Rowand Aaron Ryan Rowand (born August 29, 1977 in Portland, Oregon) is a center fielder in Major League Baseball who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies after spending several years with the Chicago White Sox. . But if he struggles, Borchard could get the call early in the season. Last season, Borchard was ranked by Baseball America  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . as the White Sox's top minor-league prospect and the 12th-best prospect in baseball. He hit .295 with 27 home runs and 98 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 in 133 games in the minors last season, and earned a late-season call-up to the White Sox, with whom he hit two home runs in 16 games. But Borchard started slow this spring and hit .207 with three home runs and 13 RBI in 59 at-bats, and that wasn't enough to break camp with the White Sox. ... Sylmar High girls' basketball coach Michelle Chevalier got a look at big- time high school basketball Wednesday when she was an assistant coach for the girls' version of the McDonald's All-American game in Cleveland. The boys' game has long been a showcase for the country's top prep talent - LeBron James LeBron James (born December 30 1984) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). participated this year - but this is just the second year organizers have spotlighted the girls. James Anderson James Anderson can refer to these persons: In arts:
Girls' volleyball standout --Mary Ruddick of Canyon High has committed to play at Utah State. ... Former Chaminade High of West Hills fencer Derek Snyder was part of the University of Notre Dame team that won its first NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association championship since 1994 last weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. Snyder, a sophomore, went 17-6 during the two-day competition to place fifth in the men's foil. It was the second consecutive season in which Snyder earned All-American honors. Snyder was a renowned junior fencer locally before heading to Notre Dame. He won national foil titles four times and competed in the 1998 World Youth Games World Youth Games is an international competition among young athletes. Games were held under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee. The first and only games were held in Moscow, Russia in 1998 [1]. References 1. ^ [1] in Moscow. ... The principal for the new William J. ``Pete'' Knight High in Palmdale, Michael Vierra, is still taking applications from interested coaches. The school expects to field a full lineup of freshman teams when it opens with 900 students this fall. Vierra said he hopes to make a decision on hiring an athletic director and coaches in early April. ... Fresh off his team's Southern Section Div. II co-championship, St. Francis of La Canada boys' soccer coach Glen Appels said he likely won't be taking the Knights to December's elite Student Sports Invitational in Florida for a third consecutive year. ``I don't want it to become an expectation for us,'' Appels said. ``We're probably going to look for closer tournaments, at least for one year. We'll take a year off and see what we want to do after that.'' St. Francis (26-5-1) advanced to the final of their division in this year's Student Sports tournament, losing to eventual national champion Melbourne (Fla.) Central Catholic. The Knights finished the season ranked No. 14 in the country. ... Staff Writers Gerry Gittelson and Julio Cortez contributed to this report. |
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