People from Big Rapids, Michigan - Clint Hurdle, Ben Hebard Fuller, Michael Erlewine, Woodbridgclint Hurdle, Ben Hebard Fuller, Michael Erlewine, Woodbridge Nathan Ferris, Chris Gore, Irene Osgood Andrews E Nathan Ferris, Chris Gore, Irene Osgood Andrews (Paperback)

Chapters: Clint Hurdle, Ben Hebard Fuller, Michael Erlewine, Woodbridge Nathan Ferris, Chris Gore, Irene Osgood Andrews. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: As Player As Manager Clinton Merrick Hurdle (born July 30, 1957, in Big Rapids, Michigan) is the current hitting coach for the Texas Rangers. He is also a former outfielder in Major League Baseball and the former manager of the National League's Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball, having held that position from April 26, 2002, to May 29, 2009. Since his release, Hurdle was offered a "significant role" within the Rockies organization but joined MLB Network as a studio analyst for the remainder of 2009. During the 2009 off-season Hurdle was hired as hitting coach for the Texas Rangers. Clint is named for his father, Clinton Sr., who played collegiate baseball for Ferris State University. When Clint was 4 years old, the family moved from Michigan to Florida so Clint Sr. could take a job at the Kennedy Space Center. Clint is a 1975 graduate of Merritt Island High School in Merritt Island, Florida. Hurdle is married with three children; a daughter with Prader-Willi Syndrome, a son, and a daughter from a previous marriage. After being selected by the Kansas City Royals with the 9th pick of the first round in the 1975 amateur draft, Hurdle played for the Royals from 1977 to 1981, but never achieved the level of play suggested by his high draft position. Playing regularly only in 1978 and 1980, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds in December 1981, and after spending 1982 with the Reds, went on waivers to join the New York Mets (1983, 1985) and St. Louis Cardinals (1986) before ending his career with the Mets in 1987. Hurdle had been featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1978 as that y...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=293572