Braden Headlines Baseball Alums to Play Saturday
By: Scott Lacefield - Texas Tech University
Updated: January 22, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas -
The Texas Tech baseball program is hosting its fourth-annual Alumni
Game on Saturday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. at Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin
Park.
The list of baseball alums returning to Lubbock includes 46 Red Raiders
along with current major league left-handed pitcher Dallas Braden and
Lubbock native and Miami Marlins right-handed pitcher A.J. Ramos.
Overall,
there are 31 former Red Raiders returning that were selected in the
Major League Baseball Draft - 16 of which are active big leaguers or
minor league players.
Eight former players who made it to the big leagues are returning along
with 10 alums who were an All-American during their Red Raider careers
will also be back on campus.
Coaching
the Red Raider alums are two men who led the Red Raiders for a combined
38 years and both have their jersey numbers retired at Texas Tech as
coaching legends
Kal Segrist and Larry Hays will lead the Tech alumni team.
Segrist
was the head coach of the Red Raiders from 1968-1983 while Hays - the
program's all-time winningest coach - led Tech from 1987-2008 with an
all-time record
of 813-479-3.
Fans can catch a glimpse of this year's Red Raiders playing against the alumni on Saturday while admission to the game is free.
Also
on Saturday, the Texas Tech baseball program will host the FirstBank
& Trust First Pitch Dinner set for 6:30 p.m. at McKenzie-Merket
Alumni Center (17th & University).
Active Major League or Minor League Baseball Players Returning (16):
C
Bo Altobelli, RHP Chad Bettis, LHP Dallas Braden, RHP Shane Broyles,
RHP Bobby Doran, LHP Zach Fowler, RHP Nathan Karns, LHP Robbie
Kilcrease, LHP Colt Hynes, OF
Roger Kieschnick, C Jeremy Mayo, 2B/OF Jamodrick McGruder, RHP A.J.
Ramos, 3B Reid Redman, SS Kelby Tomlinson, RHP Duke von Schamann.
Former Major League or Minor League Baseball Players Returning (15):
Gary
Ashby, Kent Blasingame, Mark Brandenburg, Saul Bustos, Joe Dillon
(MLB), Travis Driskill (MLB), Johnny Grimes, Jerry Haggard, Todd Howey,
Mike Humphreys (MLB),
Brandon Kolb (MLB), Matt Miller (MLB), Miles Morgan, Chris Richburg,
Steve Watkins (MLB).
MLB - Played Major League Baseball during their pro careers
Former Texas Tech All-Americans Returning (10):
Gary
Ashby, Mark Brandenburg, Saul Bustos, Joe Dillon, Travis Driskill,
Johnny Grimes, Jerry Haggard, Jamodrick McGruder, Matt Miller, Jimmy
Zachry.
Texas Tech Baseball Alums Returning for Alumni Game
Bo Altobelli (2010-2012)
Larry Anderson (1964-1965)
Gary Ashby (1974-1977)
Chad Bettis (2008-2010)
Kent Blasingame (1990-1992)
Jeff Boydston (1988-1992)
Dallas Braden (2004)
Mark Brandenburg (1991-1992)
Shane Broyles (2012)
Saul Bustos (1993-1994)
Joe Dillon (1996-1997)
Bobby Doran (2010)
Travis Driskill (1991-1993)
John Dudley (1964-1966)
Frank Enriquez (1983)
Zach Fowler (2011)
Johnny Grimes (1981-1984)
Mike Gustafson (1986-1989)
Jerry Haggard (1966-1969)
Larry Hays - Head Coach (1987-2008)
Ron Holly (1964-1966)
Todd Howey (1983-85)
Mike Humphreys (1985-1988)
Colt Hynes (2006-2007)
Morgan Johnston (1982-1983)
Nathan Karns (2008-2009)
Roger Kieschnick (2006-2008)
Robbie Kilcrease (2008-2009, 2011)
Brandon Kolb (1995)
Kurt Krystynik (1997)
Jeremy Mayo (2008-2010)
Jamodrick McGruder (2010-2012)
Matt Miller (1994-1996)
Miles Morgan (2006-2009)
Gary Pumphrey (1972)
A.J. Ramos (2006-2009)
Reid Redman (2011-2012)
Chris Richburg (2005, 2007-2009)
Kal Segrist - Head Coach (1968-1983)
Khris Segrist (1986-1987)
Kelby Tomlinson (2011)
Jeff Turner (1981-1984)
Duke von Schamann (2011-2012)
Steve Watkins (1998)
Keith Wood (1983-1984)
Jimmy Zachary (1980-1983)
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