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Michael Blair Choice (born November 10, 1989) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Cleveland Indians organization. Choice made his Major League Baseball debut with the Oakland Athletics on September 2, 2013. Choice played college baseball at the University of Texas at Arlington before the Athletics made him their first round draft pick in 2010. He was traded from the Athletics to the Texas Rangers for Craig Gentry and Josh Lindblom on December 3, 2013. ==Amateur career== Choice attended Mansfield Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas. He played for the school's baseball team as a catcher and pitcher.〔 He had a .506 batting average during his senior year. Though universities in the Big 12 Conference scouted Choice, he received his only scholarship offer from the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA),〔 where he played college baseball for the Texas–Arlington Mavericks baseball team of the Southland Conference. Due to the number of catchers and middle infielders on the team, Choice played as a center fielder.〔 As a freshman in 2008, Choice led the team in with a .376 batting average, seven home runs, and 51 runs batted in (RBIs). That year, Choice was named Second Team College Freshman All-American Outfielder and Southland Conference Freshman of the Year. In 2009, he was named Southland Conference All-Star Outfielder. In the summer of 2009, he played for the United States national baseball team in the World Baseball Challenge.〔 As a junior in 2010, Choice hit .393 with 16 home runs, a .568 on-base percentage, and a .704 slugging percentage.〔 He was named First Team College All-American Outfielder, Southland Conference All-Star Outfielder, and Southland Conference Player of the Year. He was also named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, which is given to the best amateur baseball player of the year.〔 In his three years at UTA, Choice batted .392 and hit a school-record 34 home runs.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Choice」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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