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Bobby Kingsbury (born August 30, 1980) in Cleveland, Ohio, is a two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year and currently is playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kingsbury was the first baseball player to earn back-to-back Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Awards, in 2001 and 2002. He went to school in Fordham and drafted by the Pirates in the 8th round of the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, but his good outfield defense, a quick bat, an intelligent hitting approach, and his work ethic could have given him a third or fourth-round pick if he'd gone to a warm-weather college. During the 2004 Summer Olympics Games held in Athens, Greece, Kingsbury, who has a Greek grandmother, was given the chance to playing for the host nation, Greece. Most of the players on the Greek Baseball team was up of Americans with Greek heritage, including North Florida coach Dusty Rhodes, and White Sox scout John Kazanas, Clay Bellinger of the Orioles, outfielders Nick Markakis the Orioles and Nick Theodorou of the Dodgers, and catchers Mike Tonis of Royals and George Kottaras of the Padres. Kingsbury, an alumni of the Fordham University Baseball team and current member of the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, picked up his only hit of the tournament, an RBI triple, in Greece’s lone win, which came against Italy in the preliminary round. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org "
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