Mike Borzello

Mike Borzello is a bullpen catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He is the godson of former Dodgers manager Joe Torre, who was friends with Borzello's father.^[1][2] Borzello's sister, Keri, was an NCAA Women's College World Series participant in 1994, as a catcher and first baseman for the Missouri Tigers. She later transferred to UCLA after a career ending rotator cuff injury.

Mike Borzello is a graduate of Taft High School in California and California Lutheran University.^[3] He played catcher in minor league baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals farm system from 1991–94, never getting above class A.^[4]

After his playing career ended Torre offered him a job with the New York Yankees in 1996 as bullpen catcher and batting practice pitcher,^[5] where he earned a championship ring for the 1996 World Series.

When Torre left the Yankees for the Dodgers in 2007, he brought Borzello with him as a bullpen catcher.^[6]

Early in his life, a then-12-year-old Borzello had been serving as a batboy for the Atlanta Braves - at that time, managed by Torre - and found himself in the middle of a series of brawls between the Braves and the visiting San Diego Padres on August 12, 1984 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. "When the fans started throwing stuff and jumped onto the field, I was like, 'OK, I gotta get out of here,' Borzello later said.^[7]

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/21/sports/sp-24671
3. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/21/sports/sp-24671
4. ^ http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Mike-Borzello.shtml
5. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1997/aug/21/sports/sp-24671
6. ^ http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/team/coaches.jsp?c_id=la
7. ^ NC Times retrieved 10th March 2011

External links

• Baseball-Reference Minors page
• Baseball Cube stats

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Name	Borzello, Mike
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Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	1970
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