Bubba Crosby

Richard Stephen "Bubba" Crosby (born August 11, 1976, in Bellaire, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. He is best known for his tenure as a backup outfielder for the Yankees, when his defense and running games were often put to use and he played a prominent starting role near the end of the 2005 season. He became Bubba when he was born and his 15-month-old sister, C... more

Richard Stephen "Bubba" Crosby (born August 11, 1976, in Bellaire, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who played with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees. He is best known for his tenure as a backup outfielder for the Yankees, when his defense and running games were often put to use and he played a prominent starting role near the end of the 2005 season. He became Bubba when he was born and his 15-month-old sister, Charmin, couldn't say brother, and it stuck. But as he said, "almost everyone in Texas is Bubba when you're growing up." He said when he got to be dating age, "I tried to change it in school, call myself Richard, but kids would call for me and ask for Richard, and my parents would burst out laughing and say, 'You mean Bubba?'" Crosby was a star at baseball powerhouse Bellaire High School (Bellaire, Texas) 1991-95, where he won a Texas 5-A sports state high school championship. At Rice University from 1996-98, he earned All-American honors in... less