OF Tillman Pugh - Update

6-14 from: - http://tdn.com/sports/article_51482606-777d-11df-aff5-001cc4c002e0.html - Tillman Pugh didn't stick around long enough to see his Cowlitz Black Bears teammates put up their best offensive night of the fledgling wood-bat season. Pugh exited Sunday's game against the Portland Lobos in the first inning, setting off to begin his Major League career with the New York Mets. Meanwhile, Pugh's Black Bear teammates sent 25 batters to the plate in the first three innings, en route to an 11-0 shutout of the Lobos. Pugh started the game in center field and made one final appearance as leadoff hitter before getting in a car with his father and heading back to his hometown of Oakland. On Wednesday, Pugh will leave California for Florida, where he will become part of the Mets' minor-league system. "As a coach, you hate for your team to lose a player of his caliber," Cowlitz coach Bryson LeBlanc said. "But we all wish Tillman the best. The game comes easy to him. He's a physically gifted athlete. He can throw. He can run. He can hit. Really, what can't he do? I just told him to be sure to give me a call when he made the big leagues."

6-8 from: - http://tdn.com/sports/article_3f50b04c-736a-11df-a5f9-001cc4c03286.html  - Tillman Pugh's summer odyssey to Cowlitz County will likely be a short one. The Cowlitz Black Bears center fielder and leadoff man learned from a newspaper reporter midway through Tuesday's workout at David Story Field that he had been selected in Major League Baseball's amateur draft earlier in the day. He was stunned. And honored. "That's awesome," said Pugh, who was selected by the New York Mets in the 15th round (452nd overall pick). "I didn't know if I'd get drafted again. I am excited about the opportunity." Pugh, 21, batted leadoff and started in center field in the Black Bears' first two games. He scored the first run in team history on Friday when he led off the bottom of the first inning with a walk and later scampered home on a single by Jason Mahood from the University of San Francisco. Pugh, who is 6 feet and 190 pounds with blazing speed, said he will sign with New York "once everything has been talked over on both sides." He worked out for the Mets in Los Angeles earlier this year and said "things went really well."

 http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/pugh_tillman00.html  - 2008 (Freshman): Appeared in eight games, batting .500 with one homer and one RBI...went 2-4 and scored three times...played for the Battlecreek Bombers of the Northwoods League over the summer. High School: A 2007 graduate of De La Salle High School in Concord, California...earned two letters in both football and baseball...earned Second Team All-League honors in 2005 and First Team honors in 2006...Second Team All-Metro in 2006...played running back for traditional high school football power De La Salle, scoring 15 touchdowns and gaining 1,137 yards.


















6-11-09 from: - http://www.leaderherald.com/page/content.detail/id/513096.html?nav=5014 - With the 473rd pick in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft, the Seattle Mariners selected Tillman Pugh, who plays in the outfield for the Amsterdam Mohawks.Pugh recently completed his sophomore year at GateWay Community College in Phoenix,?Ariz."Tillman was adamant that he was not going to sign," Spagnola said Wednesday. "I don't know if he thought he'd go that high, though. As of yesterday [Tuesday], he was 100 percent not going to sign." Spagnola said he is happy for Pugh whether he decides to return to college or sign. If he signs, his career as a Mohawk will be short-lived, as he will leave when assigned by the Mariners. Pugh learned he was drafted in the 15th round as the Mohawks traveled to Watertown to play the Wizards Wednesday. "I really wasn't expecting it," Pugh said. "I wasn't expecting to go so high, so I'm thrilled. Someone overheard [the phone conversation] and everyone on the bus was congratulating me." Despite the surprise, Pugh said he was able to put his excitement aside and concentrate on Wednesday's game.