Speedster Weed Added To Bolster Surf Outfield
November 12, 2007 - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Atlantic City Surf News Release
Atlantic City, N.J. - The Atlantic City Surf of the Canadian-American League announced today the signing of outfielder B.J. Weed. The LS-4 switch-hitter has spent the last three seasons in the Can-Am League, with both North Shore and the Grays.
In 2007, Weed appeared in 87 games for North Shore, hitting .268 with 27 RBI and a team-high 66 runs scored. The Newburgh, N.Y., native also finished second in the league with 35 stolen bases. It was Weed's second full season with the Spirit, after playing 75 games in the outfield for the Lynn, Mass.-based squad in 2006, hitting .264 with 24 stolen bases.
Weed spent the majority of 2005 with the Grays, the league's road team, putting together a .299 average, 34 RBI and 13 stolen bases. He also appeared in six games with North Shore and 19 with class-A Rancho Cucamonga of the California League that season.
Originally signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Los Angeles Angels' organization in November 2002, he spent all of 2003 and 2004 in the Angels' system, reaching as high as single-A. Weed, who turned 28 years old on Sunday, played collegiately at Jacksonville University, the same alma mater as fellow Surf newcomer Dennis Robinson.
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