- Jayson Nix
Infobox MLB player
name = Jayson Nix
width = 150px
caption =
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 run s
stat2value = 0
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 2
teams =
*Colorado Rockies (by|2008)Jayson Truitt Nix (
August 26 , by|1982) is asecond baseman in theColorado Rockies organization currently assigned to their Triple-APacific Coast League affiliate, theColorado 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 ofMilwaukee Brewers outfielderLaynce 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. OnApril 26 , 2008, Nix wasdesignated for assignment . He had played in 17 games and batted .111 with nohome run s. OnApril 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 hisminor 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 PresidentGeorge W. Bush made to his wife while meeting with the Olympic team on August 11, 2008 inBeijing . [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 eighthinning . 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]References
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