Jayson Nix

Infobox MLB player
name = Jayson Nix

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team = Colorado Rockies
number = 4
position = Second baseman
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|8|26
birthplace = city-state|Dallas|Texas
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 1
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Colorado Rockies
statyear = April 26, 2008
stat1label = Batting average
stat1value = .125
stat2label = Home runs
stat2value = 0
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 2
teams =
*Colorado Rockies (by|2008)

Jayson Truitt Nix (August 26, by|1982) is a second baseman in the Colorado Rockies organization currently assigned to their Triple-A Pacific Coast League affiliate, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. The Rockies selected Nix as a sandwich pick (44th overall) between the first and second rounds of the June by|2001 draft as compensation for not signing their first round pick in the by|2000 draft (Matt Harrington). He is the younger brother of Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Laynce Nix.

Nix began the by|2008 season as the Colorado Rockies starting second baseman but over the next month, he saw his playing time diminish. On April 26, 2008, Nix was designated for assignment. He had played in 17 games and batted .111 with no home runs. On April 30 he cleared waivers and was sent outright to Triple-A.

Nix was batting .300 with 17 home runs and 49 runs batted in for the Sky Sox in by|2008 when his minor league season ended as a result of his being selected for the 2008 USA Olympic Baseball Team. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/news/olympics.jsp|title=2008 USA Baseball Olympic Team|accessdate=2008-08-09]

Jayson was born in city-state|Dallas|Texas, and still makes his offseason home there. He attended Midland High School in the hometown of First Lady Laura Bush. A point that President George W. Bush made to his wife while meeting with the Olympic team on August 11, 2008 in Beijing. [cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080811&content_id=3290370&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=President Bush meets with US team
accessdate=2008-08-11]

In the team's third game at the Olympics, against Cuba, Nix hit a solo home run in the eighth inning. While leading off the eleventh inning with runners on first and second as per Olympic rules, Nix fouled a ball off his left eye. He left the game for the hospital and is likely done for the rest of the Beijing Games. Team USA lost 5-4 to the defending champions in eleven innings. [cite web|url=http://web.usabaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080815&content_id=34966&vkey=recap_usab|title=Team USA falls to Cuba, 5-4, in 11 innings|accessdate=2008-08-15]

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