Melville Cole Armstrong (born August 24, 1983) is a Canadian former professional baseball

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and current

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for the

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, who has played in international competition with the

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Career

While attending high school at Delphi Academy in

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, Armstrong played multiple seasons for the Whalley Chiefs of the

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. He played for

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at the 2000 World Junior Baseball Championship in

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. Armstrong, who also played at Chipola (Fla.) Junior College, was drafted by the New York Mets in the 32nd Round of 2001 Draft but did not sign. He was drafted again by the

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in the 12th round (487th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft. He played one year for the

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Jayhawks in before entering the Minor League. After stints with the

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in , the

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in and the

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in , Armstrong was picked by the White Sox that winter in the Rule 5 Draft. He split parts of the next two seasons between the

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and the

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. He re-signed with Chicago on Feb. 27, 2008 for a one-year deal and signed another one-year contract for $400,000 with the White Sox on Feb. 24, 2009. Halfway through the season, Armstrong was promoted to the Triple-A

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where he remained through the season. Armstrong was designated for assignment on January 12, 2010. On January 19, 2010, Cole was out-righted to Triple-A Charlotte. He finished the 2010 season with the Birmingham Barons. He joined the

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organization in 2011 and was assigned to the Triple-A

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. Armstrong became a coach with the AZL White Sox in 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Cole 1983 births Living people Águilas Cibaeñas players Canadian expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Baseball catchers Baseball people from British Columbia Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Birmingham Barons players Canada national baseball team players Canadian baseball coaches Canadian expatriate baseball players in the United States Charlotte Knights players Danville Braves players Gulf Coast Braves players Minor league baseball coaches Minor league baseball managers New Orleans Zephyrs players Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in baseball Rome Braves players Salt Lake Bees players Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia Kansas Jayhawks baseball players Wichita Wingnuts players Winston-Salem Warthogs players Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games Chipola Indians baseball players Mat-Su Miners players

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