Prospect leaves game for higher calling

01/25/10 Grant Desme played for both of Oakland's Class-A teams last season and hit 30 home runs with 41 steals. There were no other 30-40 men in organized baseball. The Athletics hastily moved him into the Arizona Fall League, the officer candidate school...

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Prospect retires from baseball to enter priesthood

01/23/10 As a top prospect for the Oakland Athletics, outfielder Grant Desme might've gotten the call every minor leaguer wants this spring.

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Northwest Baseball league opens Saturday

03/10/10 Fallen U.S. military heroes will be honored Saturday morning when Northwest Baseball celebrates its opening day at Sam Lynn Ball Park. Stockdale High graduate Grant Desme, who made national news recently by giving up a professional baseball career to pursue priesthood, will lead a prayer.

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