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Niagara Stars
The Niagara Stars played in the independent Canadian Baseball League that existed for half of the summer season of 2003 before folding. Located in the city of Welland, Ontario the team featured a variety of international ballplayers from Canada, the Dominican Republic, and the United States. The Stars were managed by former major leaguer Pete LaCock Ralph Pierre "Pete" LaCock Jr. (born January 17, 1952) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman/outfielder. He batted and threw left-handed. In 1975, LaCock hit the only grand slam of his career in the final appearance of St. Louis Cardina ... who led the team to a 15-15 record before league officials pulled the plug on the season at the half-way point. Dave MacLean worked as a member of the front office staff, supplying the team with its only working desktop computer. Roster Pitchers Batters References Defunct minor league baseball teams Defunct baseball teams in Canada Baseball teams in Ontario Sport in Wella ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Baseball
Headline events of the year *The Florida Marlins become World Series champions, beating the New York Yankees, 4-2. *The Detroit Tigers had one of the worst records in baseball history, going 43-119, a .265 winning percentage. *The Chicago Cubs just missed advancing to their first World Series since 1945, as they blew a 3-1 series lead against the Marlins in the 2003 NLCS. *The Oakland Athletics blew a 2-0 series lead against the Boston Red Sox in the 2003 ALDS, making it four straight years they lost the ALDS in 5 games, including an 0-9 mark in games in which they could have clinched the series. *The Yankees beat the Red Sox in a thrilling ALCS, highlighted by Aaron Boone's walk-off home run in the 11th inning in Game 7 off of Tim Wakefield. Champions Major League Baseball *Regular Season Champions *World Series Champion – Florida Marlins *Postseason – September 30 to October 25 Click on any series score to link to that series' page. Higher seed has home field advanta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Quintero (baseball)
José Benjamín Quintero (15 October 1924 – 26 February 1999) was a Panamanian theatre director, producer and pedagogue best known for his interpretations of the works of Eugene O'Neill. Biography Early years Quintero was born in Panama City, Panama, the fourth of 4 children, to Carlos Quintero Rivera, from Panama, and Consuelo Palmerola from Panama. As a boy he was an acolyte, though he described his childhood in other ways as a disaster—the result of a domineering and overbearing father. "José Quintero." Dictionary of Hispanic Biography. Gale Research, 1996. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2008. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Document Number: K1611000337. Fee. Updated 11/06/1996 . Retrieved 28 December 2008. He was educated in the United States at Los Angeles City College, the University of Southern California, and the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago (now at DePaul University). "J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Walker (baseball)
Jeremy Price Walker (born June 12, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Walker was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 5th round of the 2016 MLB draft. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Braves, with whom he made his MLB debut in 2019. Career Atlanta Braves Walker attended Calvary Baptist Day School (2010-12) Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Davie County High School (2013) Mocksville, North Carolina. He attended Gardner–Webb University and played college baseball for the Runnin' Bulldogs for three years. Walker was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 5th round, with the 139th overall selection, of the 2016 MLB draft. In 2016, Walker played for the Danville Braves, going 3–3 with a 3.18 ERA in innings. He spent the 2017 season with the Rome Braves, going 7–11 with a 3.97 ERA in 138 innings. He split the 2018 season between the Florida Fire Frogs and the Gwinnett Stripers, combining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Rosenthal (baseball)
Ben Rosenthal (born July 25, 1979) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in Minor League Baseball as a catcher and outfielder from 2003 to 2006. Biography Rosenthal was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and played college baseball for the San Diego State Aztecs baseball team. After being unselected in the Major League Baseball draft, he began his professional playing career in 2003 playing in independent baseball leagues. He played 27 games in the Canadian Baseball League and 19 games in the Northeast League, registering an overall .237 batting average. Rosenthal played for farm teams of the St. Louis Cardinals during 2004 and 2005, at the Class A and Class A-Advanced levels. In 55 games in 2004 he batted .261, and in eight games in 2005 he batted .158. He also spent part of 2005 in the independent Central Baseball League and Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Modami
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Legacy
Toby is a popular, usually male, name in many English speaking countries. The name is from the Middle English vernacular form of Tobias. Tobias itself is the Greek transliteration of the Hebrew טוביה ''Toviah'', which translates to ''Good is Yahweh''. Yahweh is the name of the Jewish God. Toby is also an alternate form of Tobias. It is also used as a contraction of Tobin, an Irish surname now also used as a forename. People named or nicknamed Toby * Toby Alderweireld (born 1989), Belgian professional football player * Toby Bailey (born 1975), American sports agent former professional basketball player * Toby Balding (1936–2014), British racehorse trainer * Toby Barker (born 1981), American politician * Toby Barrett (born 1945), Canadian politician * Toby Brighty (born 1995), English Graphic Designer * Toby Colbeck (1884-1918), English cricketer * Toby Cosgrove (born 1940), American surgeon * Toby Creswell (born 1955), Australian music journalist and writer * To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Jiminez
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a deriva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt George(baseball)
Matthew George (born 16 July 1995) is a multi championship winning British racing driver. He started his motor racing career karting in 2007, becoming Midland Karting Champion in 2010... before moving up to car racing in 2016. George worked as a technician and driver coach at Base Performance Simulators, a racing simulator company led by three-time Le Mans winning Aston Martin factory driver, Darren Turner. George coached Superdry co-founder James Holder at Base Performance, working closely with him for six months before Holder made the decision to form racing team SuperRacing and signed George as the teams pro driver. George and Holder competed as a Pro-Am partnership within the British GT4 Championship, GT4 European Series, FFSA GT Championship, and Gulf 12 Hours. George currently holds 5 GT4 lap records - Donington Park, Circuit Paul Ricard, Yas Marina Circuit and 2 at the home of British racing - Silverstone. A notable moment within George's racing career has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Butler
Richard Dwight Butler (born May 1, 1973) is a Canadian former outfielder in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He is the brother of another former Blue Jay, Rob Butler. Career Butler was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays on September 24, 1990. After seven years in Minor League Baseball, he was called up to play for the major league club on September 6, 1997. He played seven games that season with the Blue Jays. In the Major League Baseball expansion draft of 1997, Butler was selected 10th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In Tampa Bay's inaugural season of 1998, Butler played in 72 games at the major league level and 38 games with the Triple-A Durham Bulls. Butler remained at AAA Durham in 1999, where he played 90 games. He was called up to the Devil Rays again, but this time only for seven games. On October 15, 1999, Butler was granted free agency. A month later, he was signed by the Seattle Mariners, altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raul Borjas
Raul, Raúl and Raül are the Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Galician, Asturian, Basque, Aragonese, and Catalan forms of the Anglo-Germanic given name Ralph or Rudolph. They are cognates of the French Raoul. Raul, Raúl or Raül may refer to the: * Raoul (founder of Vaucelles Abbey) (d. 1152), also known as Saint Raul * Raúl Acosta (born 1962), Colombian road cyclist * Raúl Alfonsín (1927–2009), former President of Argentina (1983–89) * Raúl Albiol (born 1985), Spanish footballer * Raul Amaya (born 1986), American mixed martial artist * Raúl Baena (born 1989), Spanish association football player * Raul Boesel (born 1957), Brazilian race car driver * Raúl Castañeda (born 1982), Mexican boxer * Raúl Castro (born 1931), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, brother of Fidel Castro * Raúl Correia (born 1993), Angolan footballer * Raúl Diago (born 1965), Cuban volleyball player * Raúl de Tomás (born 1994), Spanish footballer * Raul Di Blas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denio Beltran
Denio can refer to: People * Amy Denio (born 1961), soundtrack composer and songwriter * Elizabeth Denio (1842–1922), American teacher, first woman to teach at the University of Rochester * Hiram Denio (1799–1871), American lawyer and politician, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals * Dênio Martins (born 1977), Brazilian footballer See also * Samfundet De Nio, Swedish literary society {{given name, type=both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
