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leatherman

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I met Hill back in 1989 when he was a member of the Syracuse Chiefs. They had a lot of future big leaguers on that team: Manny Lee, Nelson Liriano, Todd Stottlemyre, Rob Ducey, Pat Borders, and Alex Infante, just to name a few. It was a rain delay, and that was usually a good time for me to get autographs from the players in the clubhouse. Hill was one of the nicer guys, and I always liked to get single signed baseballs of the players I liked. When I handed him the ball, he starting teasing around, asking why anyone would ever want his autograph. He chose to sign the ball Llih Nellanelg (Glenallen Hill backwards) so that I "would never be able to sell it." I have it with my collection of signed balls at work. If I remember, I'll bring it home today and scan it.

David
 

Mighty Bombjack

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Aug 7, 2008
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Hill is still manning the first base coach position for the Rockies. You mention the coach in the Rockies system who was killed by a line drive, but I believe Hill himself was actually hit by a line drive as well, ending up with a broken arm.
 

Therion

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Nov 19, 2008
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Mighty Bombjack said:
Hill is still manning the first base coach position for the Rockies. You mention the coach in the Rockies system who was killed by a line drive, but I believe Hill himself was actually hit by a line drive as well, ending up with a broken arm.

I don't know that it broke his arm, but he was hit by a foul ball almost at the same time as Coolbaugh.
 

boomo

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i always remember the story with him and the spiders.
he did'nt like spiders :)
 

ballerskrip

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Aug 7, 2008
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Glenallen HIll hit one down one of the side streets in Left Field. They have a marking on the Street where it landed... I can't imagine hitting a ball that far......

skrip
 

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