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17 Facts About Doug Glanville

1.

Doug Glanville is a broadcast color analyst for baseball, currently working with Marquee Sports Network and ESPN, and a contributor to The Athletic.

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Doug Glanville was known for his exceptional defense, having attained double-digit outfield assists on three occasions.

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3.

In 2005, with no immediate prospects of joining an MLB roster, Doug Glanville signed a one-day minor league contract with the Phillies, then retired, having collected exactly 1,100 career hits.

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4.

Doug Glanville stated he wanted to leave baseball wearing the uniform of the team that he grew up as a fan of, and to which he gave most of his playing career.

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5.

Doug Glanville is a consultant with Baseball Factory, a high-school player development program, and writes guest columns for The New York Times and ESPN.

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6.

Doug Glanville was hired by NBC Sports Chicago the following year.

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Doug Glanville is currently teaching at the University of Connecticut Neag School of Education.

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8.

Doug Glanville grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1988.

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9.

Doug Glanville's mother was a math teacher and his father a psychiatrist.

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10.

Doug Glanville was a childhood friend of future basketball coach Lawrence Frank.

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11.

Doug Glanville attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he majored in systems engineering.

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12.

Doug Glanville is one of only five Penn alumni to play in Major League Baseball since 1951, and the first African-American Ivy League graduate to play in the majors.

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13.

Doug Glanville is an avid MMOG player along with former teammate Curt Schilling.

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14.

Doug Glanville will be best remembered for his 1999 season in which he batted.

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15.

Currently, Doug Glanville is President of GK Alliance, LLC, a Glen Ellyn, Illinois-based company providing intellectual capital for start-up and emerging companies.

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16.

On May 9,2009, Doug Glanville wrote an op-ed article in The New York Times regarding his choice to not use steroids during his baseball days.

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17.

Doug Glanville wrote that thoughts of his mother kept him from abusing PEDs.

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