Josh Barfield
FameRank: 4

"Joshua LaRoy Barfield" is a former American professional baseball second baseman. He is the son of former major league outfielder Jesse Barfield. Barfield was born in Venezuela during his mother's two-week winterball visit with his father. He attended Klein High School in Harris County, Texas and holds the District 5 single season home run record.

His younger brother Jeremy Barfield was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 8th round of 2008 Major League Baseball Draft.

More Josh Barfield on Wikipedia.

He's helped a lot because he's been through this already. He had to fight for a job in Toronto. It helps to know what to expect, the mind-set to have, not trying to win a job with every swing, every ground ball.

My little brother is a monster. He has my dad's genes.

I'm a big Yankees fan, so I saw a lot of him. I can see why he's had so much success. He located really well. He just doesn't give you a lot to hit.

It certainly makes you remember back when you were that age. It's good to see kids doing well in school. And talking to the kids, they are really serious about their school work. That's so good, especially at this young age. They seem to enjoy meeting us and we almost get more out of it than they do.

I want to play up here. I want to show that [Dreyer] was right.

Growing up, he was my hero. He still is. Wearing his number is kind of a tribute to him.

He was excited. He put a lot of work into me, too. I was like his little project. It was kind of like making it to the big leagues again for him.

It was awesome. That was a dream come true. It was kind of everything I expected, and more.

He's like a magician out there in drills we do. It's amazing some of the things he can do with the glove.