Pro Baseball: James A. Loney, Los Angeles Dodgers

published Jul. 3, 2011

James A. Loney went 1 for 4 and scored a run in the Los Angeles Dodgers's 7-1 loss at the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday. Loney graduated from Fort Bend Elkins High School.

Loney is a 2002 graduate of Elkins High School where he was a first-team high-school all-American utility player during his senior season in 2002. The Los Angeles Dodgers made him their first-round pick (19th overall) of the 2002 Major League Baseball draft. Loney played in 431 minor league games during his first four professional seasons before making his Major League debut with LA on April 4, 2006. Loney appeared in 96 games for the Dodgers with a .331 batting average, 15 home runs and 67 RBIs to finish sixth in National League rookie of the year voting. Loney hit at least 10 runs and drive in at least 88 runs each of the next three seasons (2008 to 2010) in LA. Loney was born May 7, 1984 in Houston. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Chad Daniel Huffman, Columbus Clippers

published Jul. 3, 2011

Chad Daniel Huffman went 0 for 5 in the Columbus Clippers's 6-5 loss to the Louisville Bats on Saturday. Huffman graduated from Fort Bend Elkins High School.

Huffman is a 2003 graduate of Elkins High School and went on to play college baseball at Texas Christian University. As a freshman at TCU (2004), Huffman was named Conference USA freshman of the year and first-team freshman all-American at outfielder after batting .383 with nine home runs and 44 RBIs. During his junior season, 2006, Huffman earned third-team college all-American honors at designated hitter in addition to being named a Mountain West Conference all-star first baseman. That season he batted .388 with 18 homers and 71 RBIs. Huffman was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2006 Major League Baseball draft. Huffman signed with the Padres and appeared in 59 minor league games in 2006. Huffman was claimed off waivers by Cleveland at the end of the 2010 season. He was born April 29, 1985 in Missouri City. Read more...

Pro Baseball: James Anthony Comerota, Yakima Bears

published Jul. 3, 2011

James Anthony Comerota went 0 for 4 and scored a run in the Yakima Bears's 7-2 loss to the Boise Hawks on Saturday. Comerota graduated from Fort Bend Hightower High School.

Comerota graduated from Hightower High School in 2005 before going on to play four seasons (2007 to 2010) at Rice University. He appeared in 196 games in his career for the Owls posting a batting average of .302 with seven home runs and 101 RBIs. He was drafted in the 18th round (541st overall) off the 2010 Major League Baseball draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Comerota began his pro career in 2010 with Arizona's short-season class A affiliate Yakima of the Northwest League. He batted .202 with five RBIs in 53 games while going nine for 10 in stolen base attempts. He was born Dec. 1, 1986 in San Antonio. Read more...

Pro Baseball: James Brown, St. Lucie Mets

published Jul. 3, 2011

James Brown went 2 for 2 with one RBI in the St. Lucie Mets's 4-1 loss at the Bradenton Marauders on Saturday. Brown graduated from Fort Bend Kempner High School.

Brown is a 2007 graduate of Kempner High School. He played three seasons (2008 to 2010) at the University of the Pacific appearing in 151 career games for the Tigers. Brown was a career .344 hitter at Pacific with 14 home runs and 102 RBIs. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 14th round (422nd overall) of the 2010 Major League Baseball draft. He was born April 30, 1989 in Alvin. Read more...

Pro Baseball: Michael Rockett, Lakeland Flying Tigers

published Jul. 3, 2011

Michael Rockett went 3 for 3 with one RBI, one run and one walk in the Lakeland Flying Tigers's 8-4 loss at the Clearwater Threshers on Saturday. Rockett graduated from Fort Bend Austin High School.

Rockett graduated from Austin High School in 2005 and went on to play college baseball at the University of Texas-San Antonio. He spent four seasons (2005 to 2009) in a Roadrunners' uniform appearing in 223 games and batting .359 over his college career. As a junior in 2008, Rockett was named the Southland Conference player of the year and a league all-star after batting .360 with 25 doubles, 10 home runs and 68 RBIs. The following year as a senior he hit .394 with 15 home runs and 58 RBIs to be named a conference all-star for the second-straight season. Rockett was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 13th round (390th overall) of the 2009 Major League Baseball draft. He appeared in 171 games in the Tigers' system during his first two pro seasons (2009 and 2010) hitting .250 with 10 homers and 70 RBIs while advancing as high as single-A West Michigan of the Midwest League. He was born July 26, 1987 in Sugar Land. Read more...