Perhaps the biggest news of the weekend was not the Dirtbags series with UC Irvine but the Major League debuts of two huge former Long Beach State ballplayers in the big leagues.On Saturday, former Dirtbag 3B Evan Longoria got the start at the hot corner for the Tampa Bay Rays and OF John Bowker was in right field for the San Francisco Giants.
While Longoria has been the much more highly touted of the two, with a hit in his first major league at-bat and a three-run bomb in the sixth Bowker made the biggest splash.
Determined not to be a one-hit wonder Bowker went deep again Sunday to become the first Giant in the 126-year history of the team to open his career with a homer in each of the first two games.
Showing his versatility the Giants have also used him at first base.
Longoria didn't wait too long to make an impact either. Monday night against the Yankees he got his first two extra-base hits by doubling and then slugging his first big league homer.
The current Dirtbag players couldn’t be more excited. Freshman IF Devin Lohman never got to play with either but knows Longoria.
“He works out with us on in the off-season,” he said. “We are really excited for him. Guys were calling to congratulate him.”
“What it does,” he went on “is give hope to the rest of the guys.”
Stats so far...
Bowker (SFG) 7-13, .538, 2 Hr's, 7 R.B.I.'s
Longoria (TB) 4-12, .333, 1 Hr, 2 R.B.I.'s
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