Anthony Joseph Iapoce (born August 23, 1973) is a former baseball player and coach who most recently served as the

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for the

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(MLB). He is currently

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for the

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Career

Iapoce played

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at Lamar University and was drafted by the

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in the 33rd round of the

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. He played in the Brewers organization until 2000 and spent 2002 and 2003 in the Florida Marlins organization, after which he spent 2004 and 2005 playing with the

Gary SouthShore Railcats The Gary SouthShore RailCats are a professional baseball team based in Gary, Indiana, in the United States. The RailCats are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. The Rai ...

of the independent

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. Prior to the 2016 season, Iapoce was hired by the Texas Rangers to be their hitting coach, a position he held through the 2018 season.. On October 15, 2018 the

hired Iapoce to be their hitting coach. Iapoce began the 2019 season wearing number 43, but switched to number 4 on June 23 upon the call up of

Tony Barnette Anthony Lee Barnette (born November 9, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swal ...

. Iapoce and the Cubs parted ways following the 2021 season. On February 3, 2022, Iapoce was hired by the

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to serve as the senior hitting coordinator.

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