AÂ handful of former and current professional athletes â including former Major League Baseball All-Star Jesse Crain and former MLB outfielder Cody Ross â gathered recently in Scottsdale to begin renovations on the Chrysalis Transitional Housing Facility.
Magical Builders, in partnership with the Crain Family Foundation â founded by Crain and his wife Becky â are expected to complete the total renovation of the domestic violence shelter later this month.Â
âIt has been magical for Chrysalis and, well, all of us!â said Patricia Klahr, president and CEO of Chrysalis. âThey were so excited to help Chrysalis residents and their children.â
Renovations include transforming the community kitchen, family living space, computer and media area, and outdoor recreational area, as well as landscaping, and lighting, painting, furniture, electronics work, among other amenities and improvements that include the addition of computers.
As Boston Red Sox rebuild farm system, Chaim Bloom points to Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester as examples of a second-round pick’s value
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Red Sox s Chaim Bloom speaks at a news conference, Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, at Fenway Park in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)AP
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The Red Sox hit home runs in the second round of the 2002 and 2004 MLB Drafts, picking Jon Lester and Dustin Pedroia who helped them win World Series titles in 2007 and ‘13.
Boston has swung-and-missed in the second round, too. Mickey Hall (54th overall, 2003), Jonathan Egan (57th overall, 2005), Hunter Morris (84th overall, 2007) and Derrik Gibson (77th overall, 2008) all never played a game in the major leagues.