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Ben Zobrist
Benjamin Thomas Zobrist (; born May 26, 1981), is an American baseball second baseman who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Rays, Oakland Athletics and Kansas City Royals. He is also known by the nickname Zorilla, given to him by former Rays' manager Joe Maddon.
Zobrist is a versatile defender and a switch-hitter with a high walk rate. As a defender he has played roughly half his innings at second base, but has also spent significant time at shortstop and in right field.〔 Zobrist has been referred to as a "super utility player".
==Early life==
Zobrist was born and raised in Eureka, Illinois, by his parents Cynthia "Cindi" (née Cali) and Tom Zobrist, a pastor at the Liberty Bible Church.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Zobrist has taken a surprising path to today's All-Star Game )〕〔http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=265621〕 He loved playing baseball since he was eight, so much so that he and his friends built their own wiffle ball field behind his house. After no pro scouts or college recruiters looked at him when he graduated, he thought baseball was over for him. "Baseball was not even a thought in my mind," Zobrist said, "When I was done with my last high school game, I was driving around town just thinking I'm done with baseball the rest of my life." After graduating from Eureka High School in 2001, Zobrist planned to attend Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, Missouri, but Zobrist's high school coach encouraged him to spend $50 to participate in an annual summer event that showcased seniors in Peoria, Illinois.〔http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article29144431.html〕 He played in the showcase, and was given an offer by Olivet Nazarene University and turned a great career while at Olivet. In his time at Olivet, he pitched and also played at shortstop and second. He transferred to Dallas Baptist University for his senior year, where he played shortstop.
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