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Jim Negrych

ジム・ネグリッチ　/　じむ・ねぐりっち

American baseball player

March 2, 1985 (age 41)　・　Buffalo, New York, United States

New York
baseball player

My Take

What grabs me about Negrych is not a flashy stat line but the geography of his career. A Buffalo-born infielder who ended up swinging the bat in Taiwan's CPBL for the Chinatrust Brother Elephants has a story most American baseball fans never hear. Crossing the Pacific to keep playing the game you love, adapting to a new league, language and culture, takes a stubborn devotion I genuinely admire. Journeyman careers like his are the unsung connective tissue of global baseball, and I find that far more interesting than another hometown hero who never left.

Overview

James William Negrych (born March 2, 1985) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Chinatrust Brother Elephants.

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Jim Negrych
Name (Japanese): ジム・ネグリッチ
Reading: じむ・ねぐりっち
Born: March 2, 1985 (age 41)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Ox
Origin: Buffalo, New York, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Saint Francis High School
University: Private

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%81

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