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Perseverance pays for pitcher, 28
From scraping bottom of boats to starting for the Blue Jays
Jim Jamieson, The ProvincePublished: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
You could say Scott Richmond's baseball career hit rock bottom, quite literally, when he spent his first three years after high school working on the North Vancouver docks.
He was scraping rust and rock-like barnacles off the bottoms of boats in his job at Seaspan International's shipyards.
But Richmond, a 6-foot-5 right-handed pitcher, will see his unlikely dream of playing major league baseball come true Wednesday in Toronto when he'll get the start for the Blue Jays against Tampa Bay at the Rogers Centre. Richmond, 28, who was called up by Toronto on Sunday, will be the 14th Canadian to appear in a Jays uniform at the major-league level.
Last season Scott Richmond was playing for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats in the independent Northern League, below single A. The North Vancouver pitcher now finds himself, at 28, on the verge of playing for the Toronto Blue Jays.
"Last season Scott Richmond was playing for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats in the independent Northern League, below single A. The North Vancouver pitcher now finds himself, at 28, on the verge of playing for the Toronto Blue Jays.","On Wednesday, North Vancouver's Scott Richmond will realize an unlikely dream when he joins the likes of Rod Barajas (left) and Matt Stairs of the Blue Jays, who are shown celebrating Stairs' two-run, fifth-inning homer during a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Monday in Toronto.
"I'm smiling from ear to ear," Richmond told the Toronto Sun. "It's nice, I don't have to fly and pitch the next day. I have a few days to think about it ... but I'm going to try not to think about it."
Richmond's saga gets even more far-fetched, as he'll be trading one dream for another. The call-up to the Blue Jays likely means he'll have to forgo his spot on Canada's Olympic baseball team. He was supposed to be at the Rogers Centre anyway, as the Olympic ball squad is going to be introduced before the game. Richmond just didn't think he'd be staying out on the field.
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check out the whole story
Perseverance pays for pitcher, 28
From scraping bottom of boats to starting for the Blue Jays
Jim Jamieson, The ProvincePublished: Tuesday, July 29, 2008
You could say Scott Richmond's baseball career hit rock bottom, quite literally, when he spent his first three years after high school working on the North Vancouver docks.
He was scraping rust and rock-like barnacles off the bottoms of boats in his job at Seaspan International's shipyards.
But Richmond, a 6-foot-5 right-handed pitcher, will see his unlikely dream of playing major league baseball come true Wednesday in Toronto when he'll get the start for the Blue Jays against Tampa Bay at the Rogers Centre. Richmond, 28, who was called up by Toronto on Sunday, will be the 14th Canadian to appear in a Jays uniform at the major-league level.
Last season Scott Richmond was playing for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats in the independent Northern League, below single A. The North Vancouver pitcher now finds himself, at 28, on the verge of playing for the Toronto Blue Jays.
"Last season Scott Richmond was playing for the Edmonton Cracker-Cats in the independent Northern League, below single A. The North Vancouver pitcher now finds himself, at 28, on the verge of playing for the Toronto Blue Jays.","On Wednesday, North Vancouver's Scott Richmond will realize an unlikely dream when he joins the likes of Rod Barajas (left) and Matt Stairs of the Blue Jays, who are shown celebrating Stairs' two-run, fifth-inning homer during a 3-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays Monday in Toronto.
"I'm smiling from ear to ear," Richmond told the Toronto Sun. "It's nice, I don't have to fly and pitch the next day. I have a few days to think about it ... but I'm going to try not to think about it."
Richmond's saga gets even more far-fetched, as he'll be trading one dream for another. The call-up to the Blue Jays likely means he'll have to forgo his spot on Canada's Olympic baseball team. He was supposed to be at the Rogers Centre anyway, as the Olympic ball squad is going to be introduced before the game. Richmond just didn't think he'd be staying out on the field.
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