Shayne Anthony Bennett (born 10 April 1972) is a former

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er who played for

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in the

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(SANFL), and was a right-handed

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, who last played in

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with the

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on 15 August 1999. The youngest brother to fellow North Adelaide footballer Peter Bennett, Shayne was a leading junior footballer for North Adelaide and was drafted by

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(VFL) team Collingwood at the 1989 VFL Draft with the 56th selection. Bennett never made his senior debut for Collingwood. Instead, he travelled to the United States and started playing baseball at the

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. He was drafted by the

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in the 1993 Major League Baseball draft in the 25th round and, after three years playing in the minor leagues, was traded to the Montreal Expos in January 1996. He played with the Expos in the majors for part of , all of , and part of . His final professional baseball season was , when he pitched with the top Montreal farm team, the

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in the

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. He was also a member of the

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, which finished in sixth place at the

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in Sydney.Baseball at the Sydney Olympics
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