Bronson Kiheimahanaomauiakeo Sardinha (born April 6, 1983) is a former

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Career

Born in

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, Sardinha was drafted directly out of

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in the 1st round of the

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. Sardinha had a mixed minor league career in the

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organization, playing in a variety of

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and outfield spots. Sardinha made his major league debut on September 15, , against the

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. Coming into the game in the bottom of the 8th inning as a defensive replacement, he got his first

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in the top of the ninth inning. Facing

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, on the first pitch, he grounded into a game ending

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. Bronson got his first major league

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against the

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on September 27, 2007, against

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. Sardinha was

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by the Yankees on December 8, 2007, in order to make room for the re-signed

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on the 40-man roster. Sardinha was not offered a new contract by the Yankees and became a free agent on December 12, 2007. On January 17, 2008, Sardinha was signed to a minor league deal with the

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, and was invited to

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. Sardinha did not make the team and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate, the

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, but was released early in the season. On May 6, 2008, Sardinha signed a minor league contract with the

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. He became a free agent at the end of the season and signed a minor league contract with the

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in January . He was released in April 2009. After a 10-month break from professional baseball, Sardinha signed with the

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on February 8, 2010. He was assigned to their Double-A affiliate, the

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Personal

He has two brothers (

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and Duke) who also have played professional

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. For his unique (middle) name, Sardinha was a part of the first MiLB.co
Minors Moniker Madness
held in 2007. He reached the Final Four out of the

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the 2008 winner. Sardinha runs a company for children called Target Hitting.

Legal issues

In November 2015, Sardinha was arrested in

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and charged with fleeing the scene of an accident, assaulting a police officer and

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after headbutting a police officer. He subsequently pleaded

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to the charge that he fled the scene. A

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initially dismissed the assault charges before being reversed by the

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(ICA). Sardinha appealed the ICA decision to the

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and

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s were heard on July 15, 2021. At the time of his November 2015 arrest, there was a

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for his arrest for failure to appear on a

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case. In March 2016, he was granted an

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of the harassment charge on the condition that he complete 29 hours of

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. In July 2021, Sardinha was arrested in

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and charged with

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References

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/20061016190836/http://www.minorleaguenews.com/baseball/affiliated/a/fsl/yankees/articles2004/060104.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20060616010843/http://yankees.scout.com/2/375310.html *http://www.yesnetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070311&content_id=1420682&oid=36019&vkey=4 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sardinha, Bronson Living people 1983 births New York Yankees players Baseball players from Hawaii Major League Baseball outfielders Kamehameha Schools alumni Gulf Coast Yankees players Staten Island Yankees players Greensboro Bats players Battle Creek Yankees players Tampa Yankees players Trenton Thunder players Columbus Clippers players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players Tacoma Rainiers players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Akron Aeros players Tulsa Drillers players