Darnell Coles

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Darnell Coles (born June 2, 1962 in San Bernardino, California), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a 3rd baseman and outfielder from 1983-1995 and 1997. He is currently the manager of the Hagerstown Suns.

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  • 957 Games
  • 709 Hits
  • 75 Home Runs
  • 368 RBIs
  • .245 Batting Average

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  • On June 3, 1980, he was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft.
  • Coles turned down a baseball and football scholarship to UCLA to sign with the Mariners.
  • In 1986, he hit a career-high 20 home runs for the Detroit Tigers.
  • On July 21st 2007 (while managing his Vermont Lake Monsters) against the Staten Island Yankees, Coles was ejected from the game after an embarrassing tantrum, over a call overruled by crew-chief umpire Greg Brown. After a SI Yankee had stole second, the second base umpire called him safe, while Brown overruled the cal, calling him out. Then he changed his call, and called the Lake Monsters out onto the field. This triggered Coles to loose his mind, and go ballistic. He threw his hat up into the air like a maniac, and then did some things that took the cake. He threw dozens of batting helmets, bats and other equipment out onto the field, along with the teams Gatorade cooler, and the team's dugout garbage can, leaving a gigantic mess on the Yankees field. The bat boys proceeded to clean up the mess, while the crowd booed them for doing so.

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