John Derran Lackey (born October 23, 1978) is a professional  baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League  Baseball. Lackey was  born in Abilene, Texas. Before Lackey was in high school, he  played at Dixie  Little League in Abilene. He played one season of baseball at the  University of Texas at  Arlington, playing first base and sometimes moonlighting  as a reliever.  In 1999, he played on the Junior College World Series champion  Grayson  County College team in Denison, Texas, where he posted a 10-3 record   with a 4.23 ERA. In the 1999 Major League Baseball Draft, he was drafted in the  second  round (68th overall) by the Anaheim Angels.