July 4, 2009 in Sports

OK with a splintered career

Indians outfielder Barto wouldn’t trade time at Tulane
Steve Bergum steveb@spokesman.com; (509) 475-9689
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Spokane Indians outfielder Aja Barto, who leads the team in hitting, shatters his bat during Tuesday’s game against Tri-Cities.
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His friends and family members in Houston still talk about it and wonder whether it was the wisest of moves. So do several of his old college teammates.

But Aja Barto, the Spokane Indians’ physically gifted right fielder, refuses to second-guess the decision he made three years ago to accept a scholarship from Tulane University in New Orleans and play baseball there rather than sign a major league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies right out of high school.

“It was never about the money, or anything like that,” said Barto, who was the Phillies’ 14th-round pick in the 2006 …

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