Roger William Salkeld (born March 6, 1971) is an American former professional baseball

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. Salkeld played

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(MLB) for the

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in and and the

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in . His career ended in , with the

Akron Aeros The Akron RubberDucks are a Minor League Baseball team based in Akron, Ohio. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians. They play in Canal Park, located in downtown Akron, which seats 7,63 ...

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. He is the grandson of Bill Salkeld, who played five years in MLB from to . He attended Saugus High School in

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. He currently resides in Santa Clarita, and is president of Skaggs Concrete Sawing.

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