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Tristin English
Tristin Hall English (born May 14, 1997) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025. Career English attended Pike County High School in Williamson, Georgia. As a senior in 2015, he batted .632 with seven home runs and 45 RBIs. He was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 39th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at Georgia Tech. After hitting .315 with five home runs and 44 RBIs as a freshman at Georgia Tech in 2016, he missed the 2017 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. In 2018, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League and was named a league all-star. In 2019, he hit .346 with 18 home runs and 71 RBIs over 58 games. English was selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft. He signed and made his professional debut with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Baseman
A first baseman, abbreviated 1B, is the player on a baseball or softball team who fields the area nearest first base, the first of four bases a baserunner must touch in succession to score a run. The first baseman is responsible for the majority of plays made at that base. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the first baseman is assigned the number 3. Also called first sacker or cornerman, the first baseman is ideally a tall player who throws left-handed and possesses good flexibility and quick reflexes. Flexibility is needed because the first baseman receives throws from the other infielders, the catcher and the pitcher after they have fielded ground balls. In order for the runner to be called out, the first baseman must be able to ''stretch'' towards the throw and catch it before the runner reaches first base. First base is often referred to as "the other hot corner"—the "hot corner" being third baseman, third base—and therefore, like the third baseman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Cod Baseball League
The Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL or Cape League) is a collegiate summer baseball wooden bat league located on Cape Cod in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. One of the nation's premier collegiate summer leagues, the league boasts over 1,000 former players who have gone on to play in the major leagues. History Pre-modern era Origins As early as the 1860s, baseball teams representing various Cape Cod towns and villages were competing against one another. The earliest newspaper account is of an 1867 game in Sandwich, Massachusetts, Sandwich between the hometown "Nichols Club" and the visiting Cummaquid team. Though not formalized as a league, the games provided entertainment for residents and summer visitors. In 1885, a Independence Day (United States), Fourth of July baseball game was held matching teams from Barnstable, Massachusetts, Barnstable and Sandwich. According to contemporary accounts, the 1885 contest may have been at least the twelfth such annual game. By the late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
