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Former Yellow Jacket leading off the National League in MLB All-Star Game
By Maghen Moore
July 11, 2017Former Georgia Tech baseball player Charlie Blackmon will represent the Colorado Rockies in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the second time in his career tonight -- his first in 2014.
Your AL and NL starting lineups for the #ASG. pic.twitter.com/7Wh1mCsh8S
— MLB (@MLB) July 10, 2017
Blackmon lettered at North Gwinnett High School before attending Young Harris. He transferred to Georgia Tech in 2007 where he transitioned from a first-team all-conference pitcher to a hard-hitting outfielder. He started all 62 games in 2008 with a .396 batting average and 99 hits. In that same year, he was drafted in the second round of the MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies.
Coverage of the 88th MLB All-Star game starts at 7:30 P.M. on FOX.
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