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Ben Broussard

ベン・ブルサード　/　べん・ぶるさーど

American baseball player

September 24, 1976 (age 49)　・　Beaumont, Texas, United States

Texas
baseball player

My Take

Broussard fascinates me less for what he did at first base and more for the lives he keeps starting. A second-round Reds pick out of McNeese State, he built a real MLB career, then reinvented himself as a musician and a leadership development coordinator for the White Sox. I find that arc genuinely admirable; plenty of athletes struggle to find a second act, and he seems to have built two. There's something honest about a man who trades the bat for a guitar and then turns around to mentor younger players. I suspect the same competitiveness runs through all of it.

Overview

Benjamin Isaac Broussard (born September 24, 1976) is an American former professional baseball first baseman. He is currently a musician and Leadership Development Coordinator for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball . Broussard was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Ben Broussard
Name (Japanese): ベン・ブルサード
Reading: べん・ぶるさーど
Born: September 24, 1976 (age 49)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Dragon
Origin: Beaumont, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: McNeese State University

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Official sitehttps://www.benbroussard.com/
Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89

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