So he is the one informing Kerry about state capitals............you guys got me there.....Missouri........Tom Cruise.........Tom Sawyer.......................????   Will Smith................last will and testaments...................masons ...................carpenters...........black smiths..........etc.......

Amateur career[edit]

Howard was born in Florissant, Missouri^[2]. He attended Lafayette High School in Wildwood, Missouri, and Missouri State University, where he played college baseball for the Bears from 1998 to 2001. Howard finished his collegiate career with 50 home runs, 183 runs batted in (RBIs), and a .335 career batting average in 172 games played. He was the 1999 Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year. Missouri State retired Howard's number on December 18, 2010. He played one summer in the Central Illinois Collegiate League, a league partially funded by Major League Baseball (MLB) for future prospects to develop.^[3]