  The Toronto Towers have selected shortstop Chris Speier in the eighth round of the inaugural APBL draft. The 26-year-old right-hander from Alameda, California, has played for the San Francisco Giants for the last six years. In his major league career to date Speier has 796 hits, 56 home runs, 350 RBI and a career AVG of .250. Speier will wear uniform #35 with the Towers. 
