DREW'S DEBUT PAYS OFF FOR FANS.Byline: Gideon Rubin Staff Writer BAKERSFIELD - That prized prospect Stephen Drew Stephen Oris Drew (born March 16 1983 in Valdosta, Georgia) is a shortstop in major league baseball who plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Drew was selected for the 2006 All-Star Futures Game. He is the younger brother of Red Sox outfielder J.D. made his professional baseball debut for the Lancaster JetHawks The Lancaster JetHawks are a minor league baseball team in Lancaster, California, USA. They are a Class-A Advanced team in the California League, and are a farm team of the Boston Red Sox. on Tuesday didn't matter much to the sparse crowd of 763 at Sam Lynn Ballpark Sam Lynn Ball Park is located in Bakersfield, California (4009 Chester Ave. Bakersfield, CA 93301 / 661-716-HITS) and is the oldest ballpark of the 10 team, Class-A Advanced, California League. . Nobody seemed particularly interested in Drew's yearlong holdout hold·out n. One that withholds agreement or consent upon which progress is contingent. Noun 1. holdout - a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms; "their star pitcher was a holdout for six , which he ended a week ago by agreeing to a $5.5 million contract with the parent Arizona Diamondbacks This article is about the baseball team. For other uses, see Diamondback. 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. . To fans in the blue-collar Central Valley city, what mattered most was that Drew was the designated ``beer batter'' for the game, meaning $1 dollar beers for 15 minutes after his sixth-inning strikeout in a game Lancaster led 5-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning. Aside from a few cheers from JetHawks fans when Drew got his first hit in affiliated ball - he played professionally for Camden, N.J., in the independent Atlantic League before signing with Arizona - his strikeout drew the biggest reaction from Bakersfield fans who had little else to cheer about. Bakersfield committed four errors, including a critical one in the first inning by second baseman Abigail Sandoval. |
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