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The Royal Belgian Baseball and Softball Federation (Dutch: Koninklijke Belgische Base en Softball Federatie; French: Fédération Royale Belge de Base et Softball) is the national governing body of baseball and softball in Belgium. The association was established in 1975.
The Belgium national baseball team is the national baseball team of Belgium. The team competes in the bi-annual European Baseball Championship. Tournament results
The Dan Duquette Sports Academy is a sports training center located in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, in the United States. The academy provides overnight and day camp with one- and two-week sessions for boys and girls ages 8 to 18. The academy features camps for baseball, softball, basketball, soccer and football. The Sports Academy also sponsors ...
In 1996, DePodesta got his first baseball job with the Cleveland Indians, where he spent three seasons. He spent the 1996 season as a player development intern, and was promoted to advance scout for the 1997–1998 seasons. Later in the 1998 season, he was appointed special assistant to general manager John Hart. [3]
In many cases, a manager is a former professional, semi-professional or college player. From 1901 to 1981, 21% of MLB managers had played catcher during their playing career--the most common. Outfielders made up 16.6% and second basemen made up 13% of managers. Over the same period, managers who were second basemen had the highest winning ...
He played for eight seasons in Minor League Baseball for the Indians and Milwaukee Brewers organizations, [3] and in the Texas-Louisiana League in 1995. [4] From 1996 to 2001, Odor was the field coordinator of a Venezuelan academy run by the Indians. [5] He became a hitting coach with the Akron RubberDucks. [6]
Arm issues cut short his playing career, but he became one of the most successful general managers in major-league history and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011.
A former minor-league pitcher who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees farm systems from 1972–78, Melvin began his front office career with the Yankees as an assistant scouting director, then spent nearly a decade (1987–94) as assistant general manager and director of player development of the Baltimore Orioles.