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Utah Baseball Gets Special Visit From Alum Casey Childs – KSL Sports
SALT LAKE CITY- Utah baseball had a particular customer for his or her sport towards Stanford Saturday afternoon. Current Crimson Membership Corridor of Fame inductee Casey Baby got here out to point out help for his alma mater and absorb a phenomenal day for some baseball.
Bases Are Loaded And Casey’s At Bat
Baby grew to become a phenom for Utah baseball within the late ’90s setting mainly each single-season hitting report for the Utes. The adorned outfielder earned All-Western Athletic Convention honors and First Staff All-America honors earlier than being chosen by the Anaheim Angels within the 1997 MLB Draft.
In his junior 12 months in 1996, Baby hit .392 with 45 RBIs, ten lengthy balls, and 20 doubles. Baby was solely getting began. Throughout his ultimate 12 months with the Utes in 1997, Baby went on a report setting rampage- all of which nonetheless stand in the present day. Baby ended the final 12 months of his profession at Utah with 104 hits, 31 residence runs, 97 runs batted in, 27 stolen bases, and an 890 slugging proportion.
Baby’s skilled profession was quick solely spending two seasons in 1997 and 1998 enjoying within the Minor Leagues with the Boise Hawks and the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
Put Me In Coach
Whereas Baby appears like he might nonetheless choose up and bat and play, as of late his focus is on his firm. Baby based G2G Protein Bars after his enjoying days have been over and has gone from creating protein bars in his kitchen to promoting them in main retailers.
All it took for Baby to go nationwide and worldwide along with his model is a good friend quipping that he ought to begin his personal enterprise throughout a golf journey. The remainder as they all the time say, is historical past.