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Tony Giarratano
Anthony James Giarratano (born November 29, 1982) is an Italian-American former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Detroit Tigers in 2005. College career A native of Queens, New York, Giarratano attended Tulane University, where he played college baseball for the Green Wave. In 2½ seasons at Tulane, Giarratano recorded a .319 batting average and drove in 111 runs. He was named a first-team freshman All-American at second base in 2001 and was a Conference USA All-Star infielder in 2003. He was also named to the All-Tournament Team in the 2001 Conference USA Tournament, which Tulane won. In 2002, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Professional career Giarratano was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the third round of the 2003 amateur entry draft. He signed with Detroit on June 30 of 2003. After working his way through the Tigers minor league system, Tony made his major league debut on June 1, 2005. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens, New York
Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long Island to its west, and Nassau County to its east. Queens also shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island (via the Rockaways). With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Queens is the second most populous county in the State of New York, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens became a city, it would rank as the List of United States cities by population, fifth most-populous in the U.S. after New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston. Approximately 47% of the residents of Queens are foreign born, foreign-born. Queens is the most linguistics, linguistically diverse place on ... [...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] |
Oneonta Tigers Players
Oneonta may refer to several places: Communities * Oneonta, New York, A small city and inspiration for some of the other "Oneontas" *Oneonta (town), New York, a town that surrounds the City of Oneonta *Oneonta, Alabama, Blount County * Oneonta, Kentucky, a location southeast of Cincinnati, Ohio * Oneonta, Kansas, Cloud County * Oneonta, California, or Oneonta Beach, now part of Imperial Beach, California Geographic Locations *Oneonta Beach, on the island of Oahu, Hawaii *Oneonta Creek, a river in Otsego County, New York *Oneonta Gorge, in Oregon, containing "Oneonta Falls", in the Columbia River Gorge * Oneonta Lake, in Marinette County, Wisconsin Schools *State University of New York at Oneonta The State University of New York College at Oneonta, also known as SUNY Oneonta, is a public college in Oneonta, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. History SUNY Oneonta was established in 1889 as the Oneon ... in Oneonta, New York See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
