CHATTER: WHITE SOX'S BORCHARD PLAYING IN PUERTO RICO.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Joe Borchard spent his 24th birthday Monday far from familiar surroundings. The Camarillo High product is trying to enhance his chances of earning a starting job with 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. next season by spending the offseason plying in the Puerto Rican winter league. According to Borchard's agent, Jim McDonald, the White Sox wanted Borchard to get additional experience because of the time lost recovering from a broken foot in the spring. Borchard fouled a ball off his foot early in spring training and was sidelined until late April. He spent most of the season with Triple-A Charlotte (N.C.) but is expected to compete for a starting role with Chicago this spring. Borchard entered the week batting just .227 for the Mayaguez Indians, but he was among the team leaders with nine 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 and had a team-high 17 walks in 20 games. Borchard, the 12th pick overall in the 2000 draft, gave the White Sox a glimpse of the big things they can expect from him when he hit a two-run home run in his debut Sept. 2. He appeared in 16 games with the White Sox and batted .222 with two home runs and five RBI. ... Freshman defender Michael March of the UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX men's water polo team was named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation is a college athletic conference whose member teams are located in the western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I. Player of the Week. March scored a career-high four goals in last week's 12-10 victory over No. 3 USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and ranks third among the Bruins with 15 goals this season. March and the Bruins will be back in action this weekend at the MPSF MPSF Mountain Pacific Sports Federation tournament at the USA Water Polo National Aquatic Center in Los Alamitos. The winner of the tournament earns an automatic berth in the four-team NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships on Dec. 7-8 at Loyola Marymount. ... USC's Crystal Becker and fellow sophomore Carmen Winant of UCLA were cross country first-team Pacific-10 Conference All-Academic selections. To be eligible, athletes must have at least a 3.0 grade-point average and be a starter or significant contributor to their team. ... The Crescenta Valley High of La Crescenta baseball program is holding a baseball camp Dec. 26-27 at Stengal Field. Coaches include Falcons head coach Phil Torres and his staff as well as former Crescenta Valley players. Cost is $60. Information: (818) 249-5871. Staff writer Rich Hammond contributed to this report. |
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