2006 World Baseball Classic Players of Canada: Matt Stairs, Justin Morneau, Jason Bay, Erik Bedard, Adam Stern, Eric Cyr, Adam Loewen baixar o livro de graça

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 115. Not illustrated. Chapters: Matt Stairs, Justin Morneau, Jason Bay, Erik Bedard, Adam Stern, Eric Cyr, Adam Loewen, Chris Reitsma, Corey Koskie, Jeff Francis, Pete Orr, Aaron Guiel, Stubby Clapp, Scott Thorman, Rheal Cormier, Jesse Crain, Scott Mathieson, Paul Quantrill, Aaron Myette, Vince Perkins, Pete Laforest, Ryan Radmanovich, Chris Begg, Kevin Nicholson, Sebastien Boucher. Excerpt: Justin Ernest George Morneau (born May 15, 1981) is a Canadian Major League Baseball (MLB) first baseman for the Minnesota Twins. At 6 feet 4 inches and 233 lbs, Morneau was originally drafted as a catcher by the Twins in 1999. He converted to first base in the minor leagues and made his MLB debut in 2003. A three-time All-Star, Morneau was the American League Most Valuable Player during the 2006 season and runner-up in 2008. He also has two Silver Slugger awards and won the 2008 Home Run Derby. Morneau is the youngest son of George Morneau, a hitting coach for many softball and baseball teams, childcare worker, and sporting goods store owner, and Audra Sinclair, an elementary school teacher and former fastpitch softball player. Justin has an older brother, Geordie. His father once played hockey for the Brandon Wheat Kings and attended the training camp of the Minnesota North Stars, coincidentally a team representing the same state in which his son would later play baseball. Morneau grew up in New Westminster, British Columbia, the historic "Royal City," adjacent to Vancouver, where he played hockey for the local minor team, the New Westminster Royals, and emerged as a star goaltender, playing for teams a year older than he was. He also played baseball in the New Westminster Minor Baseball Association and for the North Delta Blue Jays in the B.C. Premier Baseball League. Morneau attended Lord Tweedsmuir Elementary School in New Westminster, l...