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NeIL aLLeN
PITCHING COACH
neil, 54, reTurns for a second
season in Durham after
stops in Charlotte (2010) and
Montgomery (2007-09)…
spent the previous seven seasons in the Yankees
organization, including 2005 when he served as
the major league club’s bullpen coach…coached
at Class-A Staten Island from 2000-02 and joined
Triple-A Columbus for the 2003, 2004 and 2006
seasons…coached in the Blue Jays system from
1996-99, making stops at Class-A St. Catharines
CAreer PitChiNG
Dave, 52, reTurns to the
Bulls for his fourth season
after coaching the previous
two years with Triple-A
Buffalo (Indians)…prior to that, spent 26 years in
the Mariners system, 19 as a coach or manager…
included were four years (2001-04) as the third
base and infield coach at the major league level…
began his coaching career as a player/coach for
Double-A Vermont (Mariners) in 1988…was named
MANAGeriAl CAreer
yeAR cluB RecoRd
1989 Tempe (R) 28-38
1990 Tempe (R) 32-21
1991 Bellingham (SS-A) 37-39
1992 Bellingham (SS-A) 43-33
1993 Riverside (A) 76-61
1994 Riverside (A) 87-49
1995 Port City (AA) 62-80
2012 TAMPA BAY RAYS MEDIA GUIDE
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TenuRe This is his 32nd season in professional baseball, 17th as a minor league coach. He
joined the Rays organization on November 29, 2006.
DaVe MyeRs
COACH
333
(1996, 1998-99) and Rookie-level Medicine Hat
(1997)…made his coaching debut for Mobile of the
independent Texas-Louisiana League in 1995…
an 11th-round selection of the Mets in 1976, he
pitched 11 years in the majors for the Mets (1979-
83), Cardinals (1983-85), Yankees (1985, 1987-88),
White Sox (1986-87) and Indians (1989)…played
baseball, basketball and football at Bishop Ward
(Kan.) High School…he and his wife, Lisa, reside in
Sarasota, Fla., with their son, Bobby (12).
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Major League Totals 58 70 3.88 434 59 7 6 75 988.1 985 464 426 417 611
TenuRe Begins his fourth season with the Rays organization and 32nd year in professional
baseball including four major league seasons. He joined the Rays on January 1, 2009.
MIKe saNDOVaL
TRAINER
mike sTarTs his first year
with the Rays and 26th in
professional baseball, all
previously coming with the
Pirates organization…from
2001-11, was the Pirates assistant
athletic trainer and major league rehab
coordinator…in 2002 was named to the Major
League Athletic Trainers Staff of the Year…in 2006
was the athletic trainer for the Mexican team dur-
Arizona League co-Manager of the Year in 1990...
managed 12 years (1989-2000) in the M’s system…a
13th-round selection by Seattle in the 1981
June Draft, he hit .272 over eight minor league
seasons (1981-88) with the Mariners...won the
Southern League batting title (.328) in 1987…was
drafted out of Temple University, where he graduated
with a degree in physical education…resides
in Gig Harbor, Wash., with his wife, Christine, son,
D.J., and daughter, Chelsea.
yeAR cluB RecoRd
1996 Tacoma (AAA) 69-73
1997 Tacoma (AAA) 76-67
1998 Tacoma (AAA) 77-67
1999 Tacoma (AAA) 69-70
2000 Tacoma (AAA) 76-67
Totals 732-665
ing the World Baseball Classic…from 1987-2000,
made stops at five different levels in the Pirates
system as an athletic trainer for eight different
teams…has also spent winters as a trainer in the
Dominican Republic (1991), Venezuela (1990) and
with Kauai of the Hawaiian Winter League (2003-
04)…graduated from New Mexico State University
in 1988 with a degree in physical education and
sports medicine…he and his wife, Dodie, have a
son, Michael Jr.
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