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2002 The YES cable network hires former major league pitcher David Cone as a part-time television analyst. The assignment also includes
  • serving as a studio analyst on selected pregame and postgame shows
  • covering five games for the Staten Island Yankees (Class A)
  • being a WCBS announcer for the June 14 Yankees-Mets game.
2008 Former major league pitcher Geremi Gonzalez, signed by the Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1991, is killed by lightning standing on a dock in western Venezuela. The 33-year-old right-hander, who compiled a 30-35 record, also hurled for the Devil Rays, Red Sox, Mets, and the Brewers before being released by Milwaukee in 2006.
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