Coldstream
05-16-2006, 01:17 PM
Shelby has pedigree for big-league life Son of former player, current coach could be high pick in draft http://mlb.mlb.com/images/2006/05/15/CPx8pRE8.jpg (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/tickets/index.jsp) Timed at 4.0 seconds to first base, John Shelby III knows his quickness will be one of his selling points in next month's First-Year Player Draft. (James Crisp/AP) (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/tickets/index.jsp)
'Shelby has pedigree for big-league life'
'By Lisa Winston / MLB.com
(http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_index.jsp)
If there's one thing John Shelby III won't have to get used to when he starts his Minor League career, wherever that may be, is the traveling. The University of Kentucky star second baseman is the son of the former Major League outfielder, who is now the first-base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After he retired in 1991 -- after an 11-year career with the Orioles, Dodgers and Tigers -- Shelby Jr. paid his dues as a coach with Los Angeles for eight years, as well as spending four years as a Minor League manager in the Dodgers' system.
John Shelby Article on MLB.com site (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1455199&vkey=d raft2006&fext=.jsp)
'Shelby has pedigree for big-league life'
'By Lisa Winston / MLB.com
(http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_index.jsp)
If there's one thing John Shelby III won't have to get used to when he starts his Minor League career, wherever that may be, is the traveling. The University of Kentucky star second baseman is the son of the former Major League outfielder, who is now the first-base coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
After he retired in 1991 -- after an 11-year career with the Orioles, Dodgers and Tigers -- Shelby Jr. paid his dues as a coach with Los Angeles for eight years, as well as spending four years as a Minor League manager in the Dodgers' system.
John Shelby Article on MLB.com site (http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060515&content_id=1455199&vkey=d raft2006&fext=.jsp)
