by Michal Hanus
The former first baseman of Kotlarka Praha and member of the Czech national junior team Jakub SLADEK signed a professional contract with the Philadelphia Phillies organisation. SLADEK is 17 years old and he played for the Tegola Titans in 2007 with a batting average of .200 (SLG .267).
He will attend spring training camp with the other minor leaguers of the Phillies. After that he is returning to Europe, playing for the German Bundesliga team Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg. He will finish school in 2009 and will move into the United States definitively afterwards.
Comment by Dutch
February 5, 2008 | 5:38 pm
Sladek is not the first European to sign with the Phillies. The Dutch Michael Crouwel played Rookie- and A-ball with the Phillies in 1992.
Comment by philipp
February 5, 2008 | 6:58 pm
Thanky you for the note. We will correct it.
Comment by Jakub
February 5, 2008 | 7:57 pm
http://philadelphia.phillies.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080131&content_id=2361087&vkey=news_phi&fext=.jsp&c_id=phi
regadring this article heis the first…but who knows
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February 26, 2008 | 12:11 pm
[...] of them is SLADEK, who came to Regensburg last September and signed with the Phillies organization this winter. He will join their spring training camp but returns to Europe to finish school in 2009. Until then [...]