Lastings Darnell Milledge (born April 5, 1985) is a
Major League Baseball outfielder for the Washington
Nationals. He was the youngest player in the
National League during the 2006 season.
Milledge was born in Palmetto, Florida. Milledge was
given the name Lastings as his mother knew he would
be her last child. At the age of twelve, he pitched
and played third base and hit third for the Manatee
East Little League team that was the national
runner-up in the 1997 Little League World Series. He
received the win on the mound in the semi-final game
of the regional, giving up only one run on a solo
home run to Matt Rigney in a win against
Mississippi. In 2001, he led Team USA to a Gold
Medal game victory over Venezuela in the
International Baseball Federation's AA World Youth
Championships. Later that year, Baseball America
named Milledge the best 16-year-old player in the
United States. He graduated from Lakewood Ranch High
School in Bradenton, Florida in 2003 after leading
his team to the state 5A title his senior year.
