When Ryan Howard hit a home run on Monday, in game four of the NLCS, he tied Lou Gehrig with eight consecutive post-season games with an RBI (tied by A-Rod last night). In our recent trend of looking back at some former BlueClaws, let’s look at Howard’s time with Lakewood.

• He hit .280-19-87 with the 2002 BlueClaws, who went 69-70.
• His 19 home runs was 3rd in the league (Andy Marte was 2nd).
• His 87 RBIs ranked 4th (Marte drove in 105 and was first…David Wright, current rival, was thrid wtih 93).
• Remember, Howard, while certainly an excellent player with the BlueClaws, at the time was not considered the top prospect even on his team. That was pitcher Gavin Floyd, who wetn 11-10, 2.77 that season.

That takes us to 2007, when he came back for a rehab assisgnment.

• Here is the story from MiLB.com after Howard hit a home run in the 5th inning of an 11:05 am game.
• The home run tied him with Randy Ruiz with 91 RBIs all time, first place in BlueClaws history: “Did I really?” he asked, “That’s awesome!”
• Also that day, one of our favorite photos (seen here).

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