- Thomas Brice
Thomas Brice (born
August 24 ,1981 ) is anAustralia n baseballer.Thomas Brice is a professional baseball player. He grew up in Adelaide, South Australia earning a reputation among the local Australian baseball scene as a standout hitter. He was scouted by several American Universities and was signed to a baseball scholarship in 2001 by Skip Wayne Larker to play for Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minette, AL. He gained several newspapers and media attention during the 2002 season as he had the highest batting avg. in NJCAA to date, hitting 11 home runs while flirting with a .500 batting avg. He was drafted that summer to the Chicago White Sox in the Major League Baseball amateur draft.
In 2004, he was part of the Australian Olympic baseball team, who achieved a Silver Medal in the baseball tournament at the Athens Olympics.
He played Right field for the Australian national team during the 2006 World Baseball classic featuring all the best baseball players around the world. http://www.worldbaseballclassic.com/2006/ …Japan was crowned the WBC champs while Ichiro Suzuki was named MVP.
In 2006, he plays for a Taiwanese professional team Macoto Cobras.here are his result: AVG. 284, 47 Single, 10 double, 1 triple, 5 HRs, 29RBI
After a near death experience in Japan in early 2008 involving a wayward black SUV and a bicycle, Tom now resides in his home town of Adelaide where he receives ample quantities of medicinal homemade pumpkin soup and pints of Cooper's Pale Ale.
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