Making his pitch; Shortstop's waning career reborn on mound.(SPORTS)

From: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) | Date: December 26, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Chad Garner

Since graduating from Franklin Pierce College last year, Cory Shepherd had been searching desperately for a chance to play with an affiliated or independent baseball team.

Hoping to get noticed as a shortstop, and shelling out $3,000 for a month-long stay at International Performance Baseball in Cocoa Beach, Fla., it was pitching that eventually gave the 23-year-old Shepherd a chance to play at the next level.

What Shepherd was ...

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