It's official: OF Pat White's baseball career is starting to move forward. The Kansas City Royals player has been assigned to the Burlington Royals affiliate of the Appalachian League, a Rookie League based in the southeastern United States.
White's pretty old to be going to the Rookie Leagues, and if he hopes to ever get to the Majors he better not stay there very long. White wasn't a very good football player so the Royals probably won't have a very long leash on a 25-year-old outfielder in a Rookie League.
He was offered a six-figure non-drafted contract by the Angels upon graduating high school and was drafted by the Yankees out of college, but it's been awhile since he last played baseball. At any rate, don't expect to see White in Spring Training this season.
White spent one season in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins as a backup quarterback who specialized in the Wildcat Formation. He was compared by some to "a weak Michael Vick" and "Steamin'" Willie Beamen.
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