Another Former Tourist On The National Stage

Former Asheville Tourist Juan Uribe came up big on the national stage when he hit the game winning two run homer for the Los Angeles Dodgers series clinching 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS. Uribe spent the 1999 season with the Asheville Tourists batting .267 with 9 homeruns and 46 RBI's. He was a Shortstop when he played for Asheville and committed 38 errors in his lone season there. He first appeared for Colorado in 2001 and was in the majors for good in 2002. He has fashioned a 13 year career in the majors and the homerun stroke really didn't appear until he became a member of the Chicago White Sox. He has had four 20+ homerun seasons (those with the Chicago White Sox and San Francisco Giants). He has won World Series titles with the 2005 Chicago White Sox and the 2010 San Francisco Giants so he is no stranger to the big stage. He has primarily played third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers for the past three seasons. He had a comeback season this year with the Dodgers batting .278 with 12 homeruns and 50 Rbi's after only batting .204 with 4 homeruns and 28 RBI's in 2011 and .191 with 2 homeruns and 17 RBI's in 2012 in two mostly injury filled seasons.