HART HIGH GRAD THRILLED TO BE WITH CHICAGO WHITE SOX.Byline: HEATHER GRIPP Staff Writer Jerry Owens Jerry Lee Owens (born on February 16, 1981 in Hollywood, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder currently with the Chicago White Sox. He played most of the 2006 season with the AAA Charlotte Knights (Chicago White Sox affiliation) of the International League, but was had to wait nearly two weeks into his stint 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. before he got his first at-bat Thursday, but the Hart High product wasn't about to complain. Rather, he is thrilled to be in the big leagues and gaining experience for the future. ``It's an honor to come up here and be a part of the defending World Series champion White Sox and just be a part of the team,'' Owens said. ``It's just cool to look around and see these guys are my teammates now.'' The speedy outfielder is being used primarily as a pinch-runner during his first promotion to the big leagues, but White Sox management say he is a candidate for a regular job in the outfield next season. Owens, who was a second-round pick of the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. out of The Master's College History The Master's College was founded as Los Angeles Baptist Theological Seminary on May 25, 1927 to meet the need for a fundamental Baptist school on the West Coast. in 2003, got his first at-bat Thursday as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning against Seattle and grounded out. A year after winning the Double-A Southern League batting title, Owens hit just .262 this season in Triple-A. He is confident he can return to his old ways. ``My first two full seasons I had a lot of success and I'm grateful for that,'' Owens said. you've struggled.' And that's one thing I took to heart ... ``I think the struggles really built my character up. I've learned how to battle through. At times it was like `How am I ever going to get out of this?' and I've been able to make it out. ``And now I'm getting a chance to play in the major leagues, so it couldn't have been that bad of a season.'' Owens has been invited to play for Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League The Arizona Fall League is a minor league baseball league which operates during the fall in Arizona, United States at five spring training complexes. Structure Each August, Major League Baseball clubs hold a position draft to determine the players who will go to Arizona. , but said he might end up playing elsewhere. Tough luck: Former Hart ace Jamie Shields retired the first 10 batters he faced and did not issue a walk in seven innings Friday against the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , but the Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. right-hander came away
without a win for the fifth consecutive start.
Shields dropped to 6-8 after having become the first Devil Rays pitcher to start 4-0. Shields had six strikeouts and allowed four runs in seven innings Friday, with three of the runs coming in his final inning of work. The performance marked just the fifth time this season a Devil Rays starter didn't walk a batter. Another rising Ray: Canyon product Chris Seddon Christopher Jon Seddon (born October 13, 1983 in Northridge, California) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Florida Marlins. He was called up and made his Major League debut on September 3, 2007. External links
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