2003

ECCC product 1bames traded to Rangers • Former East Central Commu– nitY Collage standout Marcus ~....-es has oeen traded 1rom ~i"le e''~· Yori< Yankees to the -exas Rangers for 37-year-old vetera'l Ruben Sierra. Thames. 26, hit .278 with two home runs and 28 RBls in 52 . . The right-handed batter IS m his seventh pro season after being selected by the Yankees in the 30th round of the 1996 . draft. He will start the season m the Rangers organization with Oklahoma, Texas' Triple-Aclub. Thames had an auspicious beginning to his major-league career when he hit a home run of Arizona Diamondback ace Randy Johnson in his first at-bat last year. games at Triple– AColumbus. He appeared in 41 games in centerfield and 11 in right.

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