Iván DeJesús
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Iván Alvarez DeJesús (born January 9, 1953 in Santurce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player from 1974 to 1988 for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Detroit Tigers. DeJesús was noted as a good fielding but light hitting shortstop during his playing career. He is also famous for being involved in a trade that brought Ryne Sandberg and Larry Bowa from the Phillies to the Cubs.
Since retiring from the majors DeJesús has been coaching and managing in the minor league systems - with the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in 1990-91, Seattle Mariners in 1992, and as a coach with the Houston Astros organization starting in 1994. Since 2001 DeJesús has been a manager with various Astros minor league teams, and received the 2003 Player Development Man of the Year award. He currently works as a special assistant to manager Lou Piniella for the Chicago Cubs. In his playing days, DeJesus had a unique batting stance in which his legs were spread fairly far apart. He would rock back and forth, grab his crotch, and then become set and await the pitch.
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