Former Major League Baseball utility infielder Ryan Freel has died at the age of 36.
Freel's death was first reported late Saturday afternoon by First Coast News in Freel's hometown, Jacksonville, Fla. A few hours later, Jacksonville.com reported that the cause of death was suicide, reportedly a self-inflicted shotgun blast, according to Sgt. Mike Paul of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Authorities are treating Freel's death as a suicide.
Freel played 14 games for the Cubs in 2009.
He spent most of his eight-year MLB career from 2001 to 2009 with the Reds, for whom he played six seasons. He made his Major League debut with the Blue Jays in 2001.
His career batting average was .268. He also stole 143 bases.
Freel retired from pro ball in 2009 and had most recently worked for BLD Baseball, which stands for Big League Development, an organization that helps develop young players. Freel was also named head baseball coach at St. Joseph Academy in Jacksonville earlier this year in June
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He's also known for saving 76 games the past two seasons. At least he's an upgrade from Bailey.
Anyone that can stay healthy is an upgrade over Bailey. I just thought that the whole chicken and beer culture was what they needed to remove and instead they bring in Kenny Powers
awesome room but you need to lose that tv. You can get a (room is kinda small) 32" for the wall for like 200 bucks these days plus 100 bucks for the wall mount but nice job nonetheless. I just finished my basement and it came out really nice. Putting last coat of spackel today tomorrow sand and paint then carpet. I'm going with kind of dark grey walls with a dark grey rug.
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Freel's death was first reported late Saturday afternoon by First Coast News in Freel's hometown, Jacksonville, Fla. A few hours later, Jacksonville.com reported that the cause of death was suicide, reportedly a self-inflicted shotgun blast, according to Sgt. Mike Paul of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. Authorities are treating Freel's death as a suicide.
Freel played 14 games for the Cubs in 2009.
He spent most of his eight-year MLB career from 2001 to 2009 with the Reds, for whom he played six seasons. He made his Major League debut with the Blue Jays in 2001.
His career batting average was .268. He also stole 143 bases.
Freel retired from pro ball in 2009 and had most recently worked for BLD Baseball, which stands for Big League Development, an organization that helps develop young players. Freel was also named head baseball coach at St. Joseph Academy in Jacksonville earlier this year in June