BASEBALL: BRETT BUTLER TAKES JETHAWKS' REINS.Byline: - Gideon Rubin LANCASTER - Former Dodgers outfielder Brett Butler Brett Butler can refer to different people:
The Arizona Diamondbacks (also referred to as the D-backs) are a Major League Baseball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They play in the West Division of the National League. announced last week. Butler, 48, was the Diamondbacks' first base/outfield coach last season. His managerial experience includes a one-year stint with the Class-A Gulf Coast Mets The Gulf Coast Mets are the Rookie Level minor league affiliate of the New York Mets.The team plays in Port St. Lucie, Florida, at Tradition Field. The team is comprised mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free in the Florida State League The Florida State League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the state of Florida. Before 2002, it was classified as a "High-A" league, indicating its status as a Class A league with the highest level of competition within that classification, and the fifth step in 2004. He served as a Dodgers spring-training advisor in 2002 and was a roving outfielder/baserunning/bunting consultant in the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Mets' minor-league system in 2003. Butler played for six teams in a 17-year major-league career and is among 26 players in baseball history with 500 stolen bases and 2,000 hits. Butler was playing for the Dodgers in 1996 when he was diagnosed with throat cancer two months into the season. He returned to the team in 1997, batting .283 in 105 games in the final season of his career. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: BUTLER |
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