David Peter Walsh (born September 25, 1960) is a former professional baseball

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. Walsh pitched in 20 games for the

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(MLB). during the 1990 baseball season.

Career

He graduated from

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(Woodland Hills, California) in 1978, where he played varsity baseball and earned All-Los Angeles City honors as a pitcher in his senior year. He went on to play baseball at the

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, (UCSB) and was drafted by the

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after his career at UCSB. After his career at UCSB, he was drafted to the Los Angeles Dodgers. After getting his degree in liberal arts, he became a high school English teacher at Putnam city high school. He later worked at Santa high school. Afterward, he became the sophomore English teacher at Harding charter preparatory high school. He then became a junior English teacher at the same high school.

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