FROM MIKE TENNEY’S BELLAIRE-WEST U SPORTS DESK • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Lamar HS putting its imprint on
baseball, from league play to
HMLB World Series e had “most likely to succeed” written all over him
both at Lamar HS and Rice University, and Anthony
Rendon delivered on that promise by helping to lead
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the Washington Nationals to the World
Series. Best of all for Rendon, as he said
in interviews, was the chance to go up
against his hometown Houston Astros,
whom he had rooted for as a young-ster.
The star third-baseman was set to
become a free agent this month, and
reportedly the Nationals offered him a
deal worth more than $200 million to get him to stay.
Another Lamar alum and third base-man,
Carson Maxwell, finished his
college career at McNeese State by being
named the best in the U.S. in his position
defensively and getting selected by the
Arizona Diamondbacks in the 25th round
of the MLB amateur draft — and now
he has completed his first-half season
as a professional player. Shortly after
signing his contract with the Diamond-backs
on June 10, Maxwell headed to
the Missoula (Montana) Osprey in the
Advanced Rookie Pioneer League, and
like most newcomers to the pros, Maxwell struggled a bit.
Maxwell played in 38 games for the Osprey and finished with a
.162 batting average along with two home runs and seven RBI.
The 6-foot-4, 215-pound right-handed hitter collected 19 hits
in 117 official at-bats along with three doubles and three triples.
The former three-time all-district player, who was part of the
West U Senior Little League All-Stars, also had 21 walks for a
.293 in-game percentage and a .584 OPS. Despite the offensive
woes, Maxwell was his usual stellar self at third base defensive-ly,
which is one of the reasons he stayed in the lineup for the
Osprey.
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Ian Gibaut, a Lamar HS graduate, is
currently on the Texas Rangers 25-man
active roster after having a solid Septem-ber
with the team. The hard-throwing
right-hander, who is one of those rare
hurlers who has been clocked at 100 miles
per hour, was acquired by the Rangers
from the team that drafted him, the
Tampa Bay Rays, in July and sent to the
minors in their organization. Gibaut closed this season with 10
Major League appearances, going 1-1 with a 5.65 earned run
average. But that fastball worked well for him as he struck out
16 batters in 14 Innings of work. Being on the active roster or a
team’s 40-man roster can be an advantage to a player because
it means he is known throughout the organization and has
Major League experience. It doesn’t ensure anything however,
meaning Gibaut will still have to prove himself all over again
next year in spring training to make the Rangers opening day
roster...
Lamar HS senior Drew Woodcox has
verbally committed to play college base-ball
at Texas Tech University. Woodcox,
who was a West University Little League
All-Star several times, was named District
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