- Eddie Rodriguez
Eduardo "Eddie" Rodriguez (born
March 11 ,1959 inHavana ,Cuba ) is a former minor league baseball player and manager and the current 1st base coach forSeattle Mariners ofMajor League Baseball .Rodriguez was drafted as a
shortstop by theBaltimore Orioles in 1978 out ofMiami Senior High School and spent five seasons in the minors for the Orioles and California Angels.He was then a coach and manager in the Angels minor league system from 1983-1993 before joining the
Toronto Blue Jays organization as a minor league field coordinator, a post he held on and off from 1994-2000. He also served as third base coach for the Blue Jays in 1998. After a stint as third base coach for the US Olympics team in 2000 he served as a coach with theArizona Diamondbacks ,Montreal Expos , andWashington Nationals . He was the manager of theSeattle Mariners AA team, theWest Tenn Diamond Jaxx , in 2007 and then joined the Mariners in his current capacity for the 2008 season.References
* [http://mwlguide.com/managers/rodriguez.html Career overview]
* [http://mwlguide.com/biography/rodriguez.html bio]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/mariners/2004185455_mari16.html "Seattle Times"]
* [http://www.komonews.com/marinersradio/shannon/10727001.html KOMO news]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Eddie_Rodriguez Baseball Reference bullpen]
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