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Pro Baseball: Joshua LaRoy Barfield, Lehigh Valley Ironpigs

published Jul. 29, 2011

Joshua LaRoy Barfield went 1 for 4 in the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs's 2-1 loss to the Pawtucket Red Sox on Thursday. Barfield graduated from Klein High School.

Barfield is a 2001 graduate of Klein High School and a fourth-round selection (120th overall) of the San Diego Padres in the 2001 Major League Baseball draft. He made his Major League debut with San Diego on April 3, 2006 and appeared in 150 games for the Padres that season hitting .280 with 13 homers and 58 RBIs. Barfield is the son of MLB veteran Jesse Barfield and was born Dec. 17, 1982 in Barquisimeto, Venezuela. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Mitchell Burton Taylor, GCL Blue Jays

published Jul. 29, 2011

Mitchell Burton Taylor went 0 for 3 in the GCL Blue Jays's 8-3 loss at the GCL Yankees on Thursday. Taylor graduated from Spring High School.

Taylor is a 2010 graduate of Spring High School. He was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the seventh round (216th overall) of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. He signed his first professional contact with Toronto on Aug. 9, 2010. He was born May 11, 1992 in Spring. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Jeremy L. Barfield, Midland RockHounds

published Jul. 29, 2011

Jeremy L. Barfield went 0 for 4 in the Midland RockHounds's 3-2 loss at the Frisco RoughRiders on Thursday. Barfield graduated from Klein High School.

Barfield is a 2006 graduate of Klein High School. He was selected by the New York Mets in the ninth round (274th overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft but did not sign. Barfield played two seasons (2007 and 2008) at San Jacinto College before being selected by the Oakland Athletics in the eighth round (244th overall) of the 2008 MLB draft. Barfield is the son of 12-year Major League veteran Jesse Barfield and was born July 12, 1988 in Houston. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Josh Beckett, Boston Red Sox

published Jul. 29, 2011

Josh Beckett pitched seven innings, striking out eight and allowing three earned runs Thursday in the Boston Red Sox's 4-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals. Beckett graduated from Spring High School.

Beckett is a 1999 graduate of Spring High School where he was a two-time high school all-American in his junior (1998) and senior (1999) seasons. The Florida Marlins made him the second overall pick in the 1999 Major League Baseball draft and two years later after 39 minor league games. Beckett posted a 14-1 minor league record during 2001 with a 1.54 ERA and 203 strikeouts in 140 innings. He was named Baseball America's minor league player of the year the Florida Marlins' minor league player of the year and Baseball America first-team minor league all-star starting pitcher. On Sept. 4 2001 he made his Major League debut and made four starts for the Marlins going 2-2 with a 1.50 ERA. After going 6-7 with a 4.10 ERA in 23 games for Florida in 2002 Beckett went 9-8 with a 3.04 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 142 innings during the 2003 season. That year he helped the Marlins win their second World Series and Beckett was named MVP of the Fall Classic after his complete game five-hit shutout of the New York Yankees in the series-clinching Game 6. Beckett went 9-8 for Florida in 2004 and 15-8 in 2005 before he was traded to the Boston Red Sox prior to the 2006 campaign. After a 16-11 record and 5.01 ERA in 2006 his first in Boston Beckett went 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA in 30 starts for Boston in 2007. He was an American League all-star and finished second in the AL Cy Young Award voting before being named MVP of the American League Championship Series as he helped the Red Sox to the World Series title. He won double-digit games in 2008 and 2009 during which he was an AL all-star before going 6-6 in an injury-plagued 2010 season. Beckett was born May 15 1980 in Spring. Read more...

Hardeep Singh Khehra marries Haripriya Mohanbhai Parmar

Special to the Chronicle published Jul. 29, 2011

On June 24, a marriage license for Hardeep Singh Khehra and Haripriya Mohanbhai Parmar was issued. The couple was married on Jan. 1. Their address is listed as 4151 Surreydon Drive, Houston. Read more...

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