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Topic Started: Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:16 pm (499 Views)
yankee242B
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Name the five current MLB managers born outside the U.S.
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yankee242B
May 11 2008, 01:00 PM
Name the five current MLB managers born outside the U.S.

Ozzie Guillen, Fredi Gonzalez, Manny Acta, and Bruche Bochey.

No idea about the last one, but I could find out in about 2 seconds. :unsure:
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Ah, it's Gardenhire.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/gardero01.shtml

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Yes it is. Nice work. It was on my stats package today at the game and the two white guys were the ones that I never would have guessed.

Acta -- San Pedro de Macoris, Dom. Republic
Gonzalez -- Havana, Cuba
Guillen -- Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Gardenhire -- Butzbach, W. Germany
Bruce Bochy -- Landes de Boussac, France
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yankee242B
May 11 2008, 01:39 PM
Yes it is.  Nice work.  It was on my stats package today at the game and the two white guys were the ones that I never would have guessed.

Acta -- San Pedro de Macoris, Dom. Republic
Gonzalez -- Havana, Cuba
Guillen -- Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Gardenhire -- Butzbach, W. Germany
Bruce Bochy -- Landes de Boussac, France

The 3 latinos were easy, and Bochey I knew from a Braves - Giants game last year in which it was mentioned.

No idea about Gardenhire.
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Moises Alou's uncle, Manny Alou, was the first hitter to ever come up to the plate at the old Braves stadium (Atlanta Fulton County)

Moises Alou's dad, Felipe Alou, was the 1st Atlanta Braves hitter to ever come up to the plate at AFC

Moises Alou was the last batter to ever come up to the plate at AFC


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The batting glove was invented when a player got blisters on his hands from golfing the previous day. He had a good day at the plate, and decided to continue to wear them. Continued to play really well with them, teammates caught on and started wearing them, and eventually everyone was, and thus the batting glove was invented. This player with the blisters? Hawk Harrelson. :)
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JoeCoolMan24
May 20 2008, 11:10 PM
The batting glove was invented when a player got blisters on his hands from golfing the previous day. He had a good day at the plate, and decided to continue to wear them. Continued to play really well with them, teammates caught on and started wearing them, and eventually everyone was, and thus the batting glove was invented. This player with the blisters? Hawk Harrelson. :)

FUCK HAWK
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After his freshman year at Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi, Roy Oswalt was drafted by the Houston Astros. They offered him $50,000 to sign, but he decided to go back to play one more year of college baseball. During his sophomore year, he grew two inches, put on 15 pounds, and added 3 mph to his fastball. The following offseason, the Astros drafted him in the 23rd round of the 1996 First-Year Player Draft, and he was signed for $500,000 by Astros scouts Ralph Bratton, Brian Granger, and James Farrar on May 18, 1997.

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Some blogger found this clause in Eric Chavez's contract:

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During certain games throughout the season, GM Billy Beane must care for Eric's 2 dogs


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