Gone native. Alexander Selkirk (depicted above), spent more than four years on the Juan Fernandez islands after a dispute with the captain of the ship on which he was serving. His story was the basis for Daniel Defoe's famous novel Robinson Crusoe.
The Tulsa Drillers are a minor league baseball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club.
Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the fifth round of the 2008 First-Year Player Draft out of Laguna Hills (Calif.) High School. ... Was ranked the No. 34 prospect heading into the 2011 season by MLB.com but missed most of the campaign after undergoing Tommy John surgery on June 3. ... Won the Paul Splittorff Award as the Royals' Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2010. ... Went 9-2 with a 1.48 ERA as a junior, helping Laguna Hills win the conference championship. Batted .396 as a junior and was named Pacific Coast League Player and Pitcher of the Year. ... Missed his senior season following a car accident.