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Northern League Names Player and Pitcher of the Week

June 8, 2010 - Northern League (NL) News Release


First baseman/designated hitter Jim Fasano of the Kansas City T-Bones was named Northern League Player of the Week, and Gary SouthShore RailCats pitcher Brandon Magee received the Northern League Pitcher of the Week honors for the period ending June 6th , 2010.

Fasano, who is tied for the league lead with 18 RBI and is tied for second in the league with five home runs, batted .381 (8-for-21) with seven runs scored, four home runs and nine RBI in the week. He hit four home runs in four days, including three versus the Joilet JackHammers on June 4th and 5th . It marks the second straight week a T-Bones player was honored as the Player of the Week.

The 26-year-old, left-handed hitting slugger is playing his third season with Kansas City. He led the league with 20 home runs in 2008 and hit another 12 in 2009. Helping lead the T-Bones to the championship two years ago, he was named to the 2008 Northern League Post-Season All-Star Team (Designated Hitter) and has now been honored as the Northern League Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career (twice in '08 and once in '09).

The 6-5, 230-pounder signed with the T-Bones in 2008 after playing four seasons in the Texas Rangers organization. He was originally drafted by the Rangers in the ninth round of the 2004 Amateur Draft as a junior out of the University of Richmond (Richmond, VA). With the Spiders, he was the Atlantic-10 Player of the Year in 2003 after batting .344 with 16 home runs and 68 RBI. He followed-up that season leading the A-10 with 18 home runs while batting .316 and driving in 62 runs in 2004.

Magee, who is playing his first season with the Gary SouthShore RailCats, was a perfect 2-0 with a 0.77 ERA over his two starts during the week. On his way to being named Northern League Pitcher of the Week for the span ending June 6th , he only allowed one earned run over 11.2 innings pitched. In his last outing on June 6th , he struck out eight batters while hurling 5.2 shutout innings versus the Lake County Fielders.

Originally signed by the RailCats on April 19th , 2010, the 6-5 215-pound right-hander is a former fourth round draft pick by the Toronto Blue Jays in 2006. Following a 3-1 campaign with a 3.10 ERA in his rookie season, he was ranked as the seventh-best prospect in the Blue Jays organization in 2007. In his career, he has logged over 200 innings at the Class AA level.

The four-year veteran played collegiately at Bradley University (Peoria, IL) where he earned First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 2006, going 8-4 with a 2.66 ERA and 101 strikeouts. He became just the fourth Bradley pitcher to ever record 100 strikeouts in a season. A native of Sheboygan, WI, Magee picked up Honorable Mention All-Conference accolades in 2005 and left Bradley second on the school's all-time strikeout list.



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