DRAFTED INTO FRIENDLY CONFINES.Byline: CHRIS COCOLES The Minors The Oakland Athletics “Philadelphia Athletics” redirects here. For other uses, see Philadelphia Athletics (disambiguation). The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. Conor Jackson Conor Sims Jackson (nicknamed Co-Jack or Action) was born May 7, 1982 in Austin, Texas. He is a first baseman in Major League Baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He bats right handed and throws right handed. He is 6'2" and roughly 225 pounds. because of his college statistics at California. Jackson didn't last long enough in the major-league draft to slide into the A's spot in the first round. Maybe it was just Jackson's time to get away from a stadium adjacent to San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay, 50 mi (80 km) long and from 3 to 13 mi (4.8–21 km) wide, W Calif.; entered through the Golden Gate, a strait between two peninsulas. . Jackson (El Camino Real El Camino Real (Spanish for The Royal Road or The King's Highway) was the name of a series of pre-automobile highways linking the various New World colonies of Spain:
The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. made the infielder the 19th overall pick of the first round. He hit 16 homers as a sophomore and went on a late-season hot streak to bat .388 for the Bears this season. Imagine if he played in a hitter's park, which many of his Pacific-10 Conference opponents did. But Cal's Evans Diamond is the place where home runs go to die. ``It's right near the Bay, and that Bay breeze blows right in,'' Jackson said of his home ballpark. ``You get the ball up in the air and it just dies. In my three years at Cal, I never hit a home run over the center-field fence. I don't remember anyone hitting one.'' Once Jackson signs - the parties discussed signing-bonus figures but hadn't come to an agreement before the draft - the Diamondbacks said he'll probably be assigned to short-season Yakima (Wash.). But as he works his way up the organizational ladder, he'll find Arizona plays in hitter-friendly venues such as the Single-A JetHawks' Lancaster Municipal Stadium, Double-A El Paso's Cohen Stadium and Triple-A Tucson's Electric Park. Wind is a factor at those parks, but unlike at Cal, it'll enhance some of Jackson's long drives that became fly-ball outs. He's used to taking advantage of the desert air in Tucson, where Arizona plays home games in one of college baseball's true launching pads. ``If he was playing at (Arizona), he would have hit 25 home runs this season,'' Cal coach David Esquer told the Arizona Republic. Jackson could move quickly through the organization with the potential to produce more runs than Mother Nature allowed him to in blustery blus·ter v. blus·tered, blus·ter·ing, blus·ters v.intr. 1. To blow in loud, violent gusts, as the wind during a storm. 2. a. To speak in a loudly arrogant or bullying manner. Berkeley. --Lark out the park: Single-A Lake County (Ohio) infielderShaun Larkin's hitter-of-the-week award from the South Atlantic League The South Atlantic League, or "Sally League," is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio. is comparable to a month's worth of statistics for some players. In a mere seven-day stretch, the Cal State Northridge product tore up opposing pitchers for 10 hits in 21 at-bats. Six of them were home runs 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 . He scored nine runs and compiled a 1.381 slugging percentage. Single-A Rome (Ga.) first baseman Yaron Peters (Taft of Woodland Hills) was the South Atlantic League's previous hitter of the week winner. --Check swings: Three local players made the Single-A Midwest All-Star Game, scheduled for June 17 in Comstock Park, Mich. The East team includes starting second baseman Kevin Howard (Westlake) of Dayton (Ohio). The West team includes Clinton (Iowa) pitcher Kameron Loe (Granada Hills/CSUN) and starting first baseman John Santor (Highland of Palmdale). Santor's former teammate at Highland, Fort Myers (Fla.) outfielder Jason Kubel, will play in the Single-A Florida State League The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida. 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 step All-Star Game next Saturday in Fort Myers. Chris Cocoles, (818)713-3607 chris.cocoles(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 4 photos, 2 boxes Photo: (1) Franklin Gutierrez Single-A Vero Beach, Outfielder (2) LIEBERTHAL (3) GARLAND (4) JONES Box: (1) DODGERS MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT (2) ANGELS MINOR-LEAGUE REPORT |
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