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Ole Miss product Head finds new life as pitcher

June 29--PASCO -- At 27 years old, Stephen Head had to come face-to-face with a cold, harsh reality.

Released by the Cleveland Indians organization in spring training 2010, he realized his chances of making the major leagues as a position player were slim.

Then the former Southeastern Conference Player of the Year found new life with the Tri-City Dust Devils as a pitcher.

With another shot at pro baseball hanging in the balance at an invite-only tryout in April, Head impressed Colorado Rockies scouts enough to get signed to a minor league contract.

"I was pitching for my life," Head told the Oxford (Miss.) Eagle after the Rockies' 35-man tryout in Scottsdale, Ariz. "If I didn't throw well in front of these guys, that may have been it."

The 6-foot-3 left-hander from Raymond, Miss., also got some help from a childhood friend, former Dust Devils outfielder Seth Smith, who saw that the only clothing Head had at the tryout was Indians and University of Mississippi gear. So Smith suited him up with some Rockies colors.

The former Ole Miss star had high expectations as the Indians' second-round draft pick in 2005. He showed a live bat through four years in Cleveland's system as an outfielder and first baseman, hitting 60 home runs with 285 RBIs, and topped out at Triple-A Columbus (Ohio) in 2009.

Now, it's his arm that finally might take him to the big leagues. He brings a solid repertoire of pitches -- a two- and four-seam fastball, a slider and a plus-changeup -- but his experience as a hitter and his intelligence could be his biggest advantage over other first-year pitchers.

"He's a smart guy, and he knows a lot about the game," Dust Devils pitching coach Dave Burba said. "What impresses me most is that he can rotate pitches. He doesn't have overpowering stuff, but he knows how to pitch. That's what makes him a step above -- that and a good angle and a great changeup."

So far, Head has proven he belongs. As a long reliever, Head is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA in three games, striking out seven batters in six innings.

In his pro pitching debut June 19 in a 5-4 Dust Devils home win against Everett, Head gave up one hit in three innings and recorded five strikeouts.

"It was a pressure situation for my first professional outing, but I had pitched before in college," he said. "I wasn't nervous. I just wanted to make my pitches.

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