Kelby Gets the Call Up

Former Saint and Bee Jay Kelby Tomlinson played in his first Major League Baseball game for the San Francisco Giants Monday night in Atlanta. He got a hit in his first MLB at bat. He had been playing for Triple A Sacramento. Tomlinson becomes the first Seward County player to play in a regular season MLB game. The Liberal resident played for Seward in 2009 and 2010 and for the Bee Jays in 2010 and shortly in 2011.

Tomlinson burst onto the scene with the Saints in 2010 when he hit .353 with 13 doubles, 6 triples, and 6 home runs while stealing 28 bases for Seward’s conference championship club. He was an all American. The Elgin, Oklahoma native hit 274 as a freshman.

Tomlinson was the shortstop of a Bee Jay team in 2010 which went 38-14 and won the NBC championship. He hit .337 for that team with one home run, 30 RBI’s, 12 doubles, four triples, and was 41-43 in stolen bases. He played shortly for the Bee Jays in 2011 before signing a pro contract.