Travelin’ man

Not quite the Magic Bus Tour

The Boston Globe
August 7, 2005

BASEBALL NOTES

By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff

Fort Myers, Fla.; Augusta, Ga.; Peoria, Ill.; Palm Beach, Fla.; Clinton,
Iowa; Stockton, Calif.; Frisco, Texas; Oklahoma City; Chattanooga,
Tenn.; Louisville, Ky. These have been *Rick Asadoorian’s *ports of call
since the native of Whitinsville was drafted No. 1 by the Boston Red Sox
in 1999. Asadoorian turned 25 a couple of weeks ago, but he is on his
fourth big-league organization: Red Sox, Cardinals, Rangers, and now
Reds, who recently promoted him to Triple A (Louisville), a level he
reached briefly once before (15 games for the Rangers’ franchise last
year). Asadoorian actually toyed with the idea of trying to make it as a
pitcher but was whacked around for 10 hits and 7 earned runs in 4
innings in a start for Double A Chattanooga. He hit his first Triple A
home run last Monday and came into the weekend batting .273 (6 for 22)
in seven games. He hit .271 in 93 games with Chattanooga.

Gordon Edes can be reached by e-mail at edes@globe.com. Material from
personal interviews, wire services, other beat writers, and league and
team sources was used in this report.