- Michael Jordan
Mike's wife Jill is a mathematician, recently achieving her Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. They are expecting their first child in late April or early May 2006. Mike is a graduate of Houghton College in New York and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Liturgical Studies at Drew University in Madison, NJ.
- Josh Hamilton
Joshua Holt Hamilton also known as "Hammer" or "Ham Bone," (born May 21, 1981 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is a baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds. Considered a five-tool player and future superstar, he was selected by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the first overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. While Hamilton's career was postponed for years due to drug addiction, he made it to the Major Leagues in 2007 as an outfielder for the Reds.
- Justin Upton
Justin Upton (born on August 25, 1987 in Norfolk, Virginia) was selected first overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. He was previously an all district shortstop for Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, and was recently awarded the AFLAC National High School Player of the Year Award. He is also the brother of Tampa Bay Devil Rays second baseman B.J. Upton, who was taken #2 in the 2002 draft.
- Andy Laroche
Andrew Christian LaRoche (born September 13, 1983 in Fort Scott, Kansas), is an infielder currently playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Andy is the son of Dave LaRoche, a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels, and brother of Adam LaRoche, a first baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Ron Williamson
Ron Williamson (February 3, 1953, Oklahoma-December 4, 2004) was a minor league baseball catcher/pitcher who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in 1988 in Oklahoma for rape and murder. Williamson was the 41st pick in baseball's 1971 amateur draft, a second-round selection by the Oakland Athletics. He spent the 1972 season primarily with the Coos Bay-North Bend A's, hitting .265 in 52 games.
- Jacoby Ellsbury
Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury (born September 11, 1983, in Madras, Oregon) is a minor league baseball player who is currently the # 1 prospect in the Boston Red Sox organization and rated as the # 33 prospect for 2007 by Baseball America. He was originally drafted, but not signed, by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 23rd round of the 2002 MLB entry draft and in 2005 was drafted by Boston, 23rd overall, in the entry draft out of Oregon State University.
- Andrew McCutchen
Andrew McCutchen (born October 10 1986 in Fort Meade, Florida) is a Minor League Baseball center fielder and currently a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates Double A affiliate the Altoona Curve.
- Jay Bruce
Jay Bruce (born April 3, 1987 from Beaumont, Texas) is a minor league outfielder in the Cincinnati Reds organization. He was selected 12th overall in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. He has been listed as a top prospect in both his league and as an outfielder overall.
- Joe Smith
Joseph "Joe" Michael Smith (born March 22, 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a right-handed pitcher for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He is 6'2" and weighs 215 lbs. He attended Wright State University and was drafted by the Mets in the 3rd round of the June 2006 amateur draft. He was the 2nd player from the 2006 draft to make it to the major leagues. He is the son of Michael and Lee Smith, and has one younger sister, Megan Smith.
- Ian Kennedy
Ian Kennedy (born December 19, 1984, in Huntington Beach, CA) attended La Quinta High School and then went on to play college baseball for USC. He is a right-handed pitcher. Kennedy was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. He is 6' 0" tall, and weighs 190 pounds.
- Ten Million
Ten Million (1889-June 18, 1964) was a baseball player who played for various teams in the Northwestern League. He supposedly played for the St. Louis Cardinals, although no record of this has been found. He is perhaps best known for his unusual name, and for his appearance in the T212 Obak series of baseball cards.
- Joba Chamberlain
- Brandon Wood
Richard Brandon Wood (born March 2, 1985 in Austin, Texas) is an American Minor League Baseball shortstop/third baseman in the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim organization. He bats and throws right-handed. Though relatively unknown before the 2005 baseball season, Wood compiled statistics that season that were considered by some to be the greatest offensive season in the minor leagues
- Elvis Andrus
Elvis Augusto Andrus (born August 26, 1988 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a shortstop who plays for the Atlanta Braves organization. Listed at 6'0", 185 lb., he bats and throws right-handed. Entering 2007, he was rated by "Baseball America" as the No. 2 prospect in the Braves organization. Andrus was signed in 2005 at age 16 to a six-figure contract. He started the year with the Orlando Braves of the Gulf Coast League, and was promoted to Danville late in the season.
- Clay Buchholz
Clay Buchholz (born August 14, 1984 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American baseball starting pitcher with the Pawtucket Red Sox in the Boston Red Sox organization.
- Don Johnson
Don Johnson is a former Minor League catcher who was drafted by the Milwaukee Braves 32nd overall in the 1965 amateur entry draft. Perhaps he is best known for being involved in the trade that sent Jim Britton to the Montreal Expos for Larry Jaster.
- Homer Bailey
David Dewitt "Homer" Bailey, Jr. (born May 3, 1986, in La Grange, Texas) is an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. He is the youngest player in the National League. In 2004, the Reds selected Bailey in the first round (7th overall) of the amateur draft. In 2007, both Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus named Bailey the top prospect in the Reds' farm system. Because of his success at the minor league level, …
- Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart (born April 5, 1985 in Long Beach, California) is a third baseman/designated hitter who plays for the Colorado Rockies organization.
- Adam Miller
Adam Wain Miller (born November 26, 1984, in Plano, Texas), is a right handed pitcher who is currently a top prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. He started the 2006 season as a starting pitcher with the Double A Akron Aeros. Miller graduated from McKinney High School in 2003. Miller was selected by the Indians as a sandwich pick (31st overall) in the 2003 amateur player draft. After a strong campaign in 2004 with Lake County and Kinston, …
- Adam Miller
Adam Miller (born November 26, 1984, in Plano, Texas), is a right handed pitcher who is currently a top prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. He started the 2006 season as a starting pitcher with the Double A Akron Aeros. Miller was selected by the Indians as a sandwich pick (31st overall) in the 2003 amateur player draft. Blessed with a tall, lanky frame (6'4"), Miller has the ability to overpower hitters with a fastball that touches 94 mph and a nasty slider.
- Jeff Samardzija
Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (born January 23, 1985 in Merrillville, Indiana) is an American baseball player as a pitcher with the Daytona Cubs, the single-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. He is also a former American football player as a wide receiver at the University of Notre Dame. Formerly a senior, Samardzija was majoring in marketing.
- Jordan Brown
Jordan Brown (born December 18, 1983) is a minor league baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization. Brown was named the Topps Carolina League Player of the Year for 2006.
- Charlie Zink
Charles Tadao (Charlie) Zink (born August 26, 1979 in Carmichael, California) is an American baseball player who pitches in the Boston Red Sox organization. He went 1-0 with Double-A Portland in 2006 with a 1.23 ERA, and went 9-4 with Triple-A Pawtucket with a 4.03 ERA. He was a combined 10-6 for the same 2 teams in the 2005 season. Zink is a knuckleball pitcher who has been coached by both Luis Tiant and current Red Sox starter and fellow knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
- Eric Patterson
Eric Patterson (born on April 8, 1983 in Tallahassee, Florida) is an American baseball player. He bats left and throws right. He weighs 160 pounds and is 5'10". He is currently playing on the Chicago Cubs during spring training in the Cactus League. Patterson signed with the Cubs on August 27, 2004, after a three-year career at Georgia Tech. Patterson started 64 games for the Yellow Jackets in 2004 and hit .326, stealing 48 bases on 55 attempts.
- Lance Broadway
Lance Daniel Broadway (born August 20th, 1983 in Bryan, Texas) is a right-handed pitcher who plays for the Charlotte Knights, the AAA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. The 6 ft 3 inch, 210 lb. righty went to Grand Prairie High School, then to Dallas Baptist University and Texas Christian University. Broadway is regarded as one of the top prospects in the White Sox organization.
- Brad Nelson
Brad Nelson (born December 23, 1982 in Algona, Iowa), is a minor league baseball player in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He has played first base and outfield. He was removed from the Brewers 40-man roster during the 2006 season and is assigned to the AA-level Huntsville Stars. He was acquired by the Brewers in the fourth round of the 2001 amateur draft. Nelson played high school baseball at Bishop Garrigan High School in Algona, Iowa.
- John Peterman
John Peterman is a well-known catalog and retail entrepreneur from Lexington, Kentucky, who operates The J. Peterman Company. Peterman graduated from the College of the Holy Cross in 1963 and played third base on a Holy Cross baseball team that went to the College World Series. He also played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization for three years as a second baseman. He was parodied in the 1990s on "Seinfeld", …
- Jo-Jo Reyes
Joseph Albert "Jo-Jo" Reyes (born November 20, 1984 in West Covina, California) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Atlanta Braves. Listed at 6'2", 230 lb., Reyes bats and throws left-handed. He is ranked by Baseball America as the No. 8 prospect in the Braves organization
- Trevor Crowe
Trevor Crowe (born November 17, 1983, in Portland, Oregon) is a baseball player who is currently a top prospect in the Cleveland Indians organization. He started the 2007 season as the Akron Aeros' starting center fielder. After an unsuccessful experiment at second base beginning in late August of 2006, Crowe was moved permanently back to the outfield, rotating between all 3 outfield positions.
- Brandon Moss
Brandon Moss (born September 16, 1983 in Monroe, Georgia) is an American professional baseball player. He was drafted in the 8th round of the 2002 draft by the Boston Red Sox, out of Loganville High School in Loganville, Georgia. He was an 18 year old outfielder when drafted. Moss has seen time up the ladder of minor league A ball, starting with the Gulf Coast Red Sox, then the Lowell Spinners, Augusta GreenJackets, and Sarasota Sox.
- Jeremy Jeffress
Jeremy Jeffress (6-1, 180) was the Number 18 overall pick in the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. He was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers. His repertoire features a fastball that tops in the mid 90's and a hard-breaking slider. In the Arizona Rookie League he pitched 33.2 innings and posted a 5.88 ERA with a record of 2-5. Although his stats weren't incredible, he managed to post an impressive 37 K's and only 25 walks.
- Sam Horn
Samuel Lee Horn (b. November 2, 1963 in Dallas, Texas) is a former baseball player who spent parts of 8 seasons in MLB and is now a cable television anchor for New England Sports Network, the flagship station of Boston sports teams. The 1982 first round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox, Horn hit .278 with 14 home runs in just 158 at-bats as a rookie in 1987. Though he did hit 23 home runs as a member of the Baltimore Orioles in 1991, the powerful 6'5", …
- Dino Ebel
Dino Ebel (born March 20, 1966 in Barstow, California) is a former minor league baseball player and manager for the Los Angeles Dodgers who is currently the third base coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Ebel attended San Bernadino Valley College. He was drafted in the 27th round (365th overall) of the 1986 amateur draft by the Philadelphia Phillies, but elected to attend Florida Southern College, …
- Mike Pelfrey
Michael Alan (Mike) Pelfrey (born January 14 1984) is a starting pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He is a 6' 7", 210 pound right-handed power pitcher considered by Mets management to have the potential to become a star at the major league level. Pelfrey grew up in Wichita, Kansas where he graduated from Heights High School in 2002. He was named player of the year in Kansas in both 2001 and 2002.
- Matt Harrington
Matt Harrington (born February 1, 1982) is a baseball player who holds the record for the most times being chosen in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. Between 2000 and 2004, Harrington, a top prospect coming out of high school, was chosen in all five drafts, but never signed a contract despite receiving offers of up to $4 million. He slipped further down the draft board each year, and today is considered a long-shot to ever reach the major leagues.
- Jeff Locke
Left Hand Pitcher Jeff" The Redstone Rocket "Locke, full name Jeffrey A. Locke, was the first selection in the second round in the 2006 Atlanta Braves Draft. Locke was born November 20, 1987. His hometown is Redstone, New Hampshire, which is located in the town of Conway, New Hampshire. Locke graduated June, 2006 from A. Crosby Kennett High School. Locke is listed by the Braves as standing 6'2" and weighing 180 pounds.
- Nigel Thatch
Nigel Thatch (born 1976) is an amateur baseball player, and aspiring actor. He holds the dubious distinction of being sold for a pallet of Budweiser beer. On May 1, 2006, Schaumburg of the Northern League sold Thatch to Fullerton of the Golden Baseball League in exchange for 60 cases of Budweiser beer. In a small piece of irony, Thatch was featured as the character 'Leon' in several Budweiser commercials.
- Andy Armstrong
Andy Armstrong (died 1982) is a former Minor League Baseball catcher. He is also the father of Billie Joe Armstrong, the front man for Green Day. Andy Armstrong died of throat cancer in 1982.
- Sam Fuld
Samuel B. Fuld, (born November 20, 1981, in Durham, New Hampshire) is a professional baseball player, and currently plays outfield for the Chicago Cubs organization.
- Manny Parra
Manuel Alex "Manny" Parra (born October 30, 1982, in Carmichael, California) is a minor league pitcher in the Milwaukee Brewers system. He currently plays for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds, and is on the Brewers' 40-man roster. He throws left-handed. On June 25, 2007, Parra pitched a perfect game against the Round Rock Express, the eighth perfect game in Pacific Coast League history.