12/31/2008

The very good year of Brett Lawrie

Tip of the cap to Dan at the Daily Drink for this from the Langley Advance on a potential future Timber Rattler.

Teen baseball phenom 'Brews' up top story

Brett Lawrie tops Langley's list of 2008's sports personalities.

The Brookswood teenager made international headlines in early June when he became the highest ever Canadian positional player selected in the Major League Baseball draft.

A six-foot-tall 200-pound catcher/infielder, Lawrie was selected 16th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers.

"There's obviously a lot of pride," the 18-year-old Lawrie told the media horde assembled on the back porch of his home on draft day. "It's great; it's the best feeling I've had ever. It's one of these moments in your life that you only get one time so you have to take everything in. It's been a real fun day."

The first of many we hope.

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