Gordon Beckham
One of my favorite parts of being associated with Minor League Baseball is the opportunity to meet the new guys each year. On rare occasions like yesterday, I get to be the first photographer to catch a new guy in action. Yesterday was Gordon Beckham's debut professional baseball game. Gordon was the 2008 first round draft pick (8th overall) of the Chicago White Sox. He inked the deal on Thursday and started playing with the Class-A affiliate (Kannapolis Intimidators) on Friday. The Intimidators intimidated the Hickory Crawdads nicely in Beckham's debut game. Kannapolis won by a score of 11-3 and Beckham had an excellent offensive show for his debut game. Gordon went 3 for 4 at the plate, with a double, a walk, and two runs scored.
The Intimidators have three games left in this four-game series with the Hickory Crawdads...