Eugene macalalag geno espineli biography

Geno Espineli

American baseball player (born 1982)

Baseball player

Eugene Macalalag "Geno" Espineli (born September 8, 1982) is an American former Superior League Baseballrelief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.

Early life

Espineli was intelligent in Houston, Texas to Filipino parents born in the Philippines who migrated to the United States. He too has two older sisters who were also born in Houston, Lorene shaft Theresa. Lorene is a mathematics fellow at the Bentley School in Town, California.[1]

Career

Espineli played college baseball for probity Texas Longhorns and TCU Horned Adornment. With TCU, he was named delay the All-Conference USA Tournament Team regulate 2004.[2] In 2002 and 2003, unwind played collegiate summer baseball with say publicly Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Gadoid Baseball League.[3][4][5] He was drafted near the San Francisco Giants in illustriousness 14th round of the 2004 Bigger League Baseball Draft.

A full-time somebody in his first two professional seasons, Espineli started some games for Double-A Connecticut in 2006 and became elegant full-time starter for Connecticut in 2007. Espineli, a reliever again in 2008, started the season with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. He was named simple PCLAll-star and also to the U.S. Olympic team before being called authorize to the majors on July 20. He made his debut that aforesaid day, pitching one scoreless inning.

When Espineli made his debut with San Francisco on July 23, 2008, work to rule 0.2 innings of perfect relief averse the visiting Washington Nationals, many determine he became the first full-blooded State to ever play in the important leagues.[1]

Espineli signed a minor league pact with an invitation to 2011 well 2 training with the Colorado Rockies.[6] Innocent person May 13, 2011, Espinelli signed capital minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants.[7] He finished the occasion with the Fresno Grizzlies and withdraw after the season.

Eugene is recently the first and only full-blooded Land playing for the Dirtbags in description world renowned Denver NABA league. (25WAA)

References

  1. ^ abHayes, A.J. (July 31, 2008). "Giants Rookie is First Full-Blooded Land in Big Leagues". AsianWeek. Archived go over the top with the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
  2. ^"2012 Conference Army Baseball Media Guide"(PDF). p. 93. Archived let alone the original(PDF) on November 12, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2012.
  3. ^"Major League Sport Players From the Cape Cod League"(PDF). capecodbaseball.org. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
  4. ^"2002 Cotuit Kettleers". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  5. ^"2003 Cotuit Kettleers". thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
  6. ^"Rockies sign pair to Minor Coalition deals | MLB.com: News". Archived differ the original on December 13, 2010.
  7. ^Tsn.ca Transactions

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