Roberts Signs with Traverse City Beach Bums


Limeport Bulls RHP Steve Roberts (Lafayette College, Abington Heights H.S.) has signed a contract with the Traverse City Beach Bums. Traverse City is one of the of the twelve teams that make up the Frontier Independent Professional Baseball League.


Roberts played his high school baseball at Abington Heights High School. He was the closer for Joe Kinney's Lafayette Leopards this past year. After two impressive starts in the Tri-County League, Bull's head coach Dylan Dando, who is a scout for the LA Dodgers, made some contacts and a day later Roberts signed his first professional contract.



2008 Tri-County Stats:


June 11th @ Scheresville
vs. Fleetwings
6 innings pitched, 2 hits, 0 earned runs, 7 strikeouts


June 28th @ Limeport Stadium
vs. Gabelsville Owls
7 innings pitched, 3 hits, 0 earned runs, 6 strikeouts

(roberts photo courteous of http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/lafa-m-basebl-body.html)

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