Tim Tackett did what he loved over 4 seasons, made high-A
Newly drafted Red Sox Tim Tackett described to his hometown Chillicothe Gazette his reaction upon learning he'd been taken. "I was real enthused," Tackett told The Gazette . "I felt like I'm going to get paid doing something I love to do. How many people get the shot to do that?" Tackett ended up getting paid to play baseball over four seasons, including his last in his hometown of Chillicothe. He topped out at high-A. Tackett's career began in 1990, taken by the Red Sox in the fifth round of the draft out of Waverly High School in Ohio. Tackett started with the Red Sox in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He saw six games and went 3 for 18. For 1991, he returned to the GCL and saw time at high-A Winter Haven . He got into 28 games in all and hit .143. That July, he spoke with the Gazette about trying to get his bat going. "I'd like to show a bit more power than what I'm showing," Tackett told The Gazette . "I'd like to have ...
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