Antoan Richardson - Wikipedia

Antoan richardson biography As of Wednesday, March 8, With the passion to play gone and an eagerness now to assist in the development of more Bahamians to follow in his footsteps as a professional baseball player, three-time Major Leaguer Antoan Richardson has announced his retirement from the sport. Although he was the sixth Bahamian to play in the Major League, playing with the Atlanta Braves in , the New York Yankees in and again with the Texas Rangers in , Richardson said when he left the Bahamas 19 years ago to continue high school and begin his baseball journey, he never envisioned it to be what it turned out to be. Richardson, in his emotional speech, said his first goal was to graduate from high school, become a police officer and get married, but he ended up leaving the Bahamas to pursue a college education on a sports scholarship at high school. Yet, he still had placed boundaries on what baseball could do for him.

Antoan Richardson

Preserving the Rich History of Baseball in the Bahamas

The Bahamas Baseball History continues with the Giants

The First MLB coach from the Islands of the Bahamas Antoan Richardson

Antoan Richardson, A Braves and A Yankees. And now the first baseball coach of the San Francisco Giants.

Antoan Richardson made Bahamian baseball history by becoming the first players from the Islands of the Bahamas t become a coach in theMajor Leagues of Baseball with the San Francisco Giants.

Richardson, who was drafted by the Giants in the 35th round of the MLBdraft. He also played major league baseball. First with the Atlanta Braves in , and in with the New York Yankees, and scoringthe winning run on a walk-off hit by Derek Jeter in his final career baseball game.

See full list on mlb.com This is Baseball Bahamas. Antoan Richardson. Preserving the Rich History of Baseball in the Bahamas. The Bahamas Baseball History continues with the Giants. And now the first baseball coach of the San Francisco Giants.

Richardson was hired by the Giants last year as a minor league outfield coordinator and in the absence of the Giant's first base coach last year. Antoan got a chance to fill in and coached a Giants game in And in , he became the Giant's first base Andre Rodgers became the first to play major league baseball with the Giants, and Antoan Richardson became the first to coach majorleague baseball also with the Giants.

Two very friendly personalities from the so you now have baseball fans in the Island of the Bahamas staying up late to watch Giants game to get a glimpse of the first basethe coach, who, by the way, has to wear a mask to cover his face because of the Covid protocol for coaches and of Antoan Richardson and Los Angeles Angels #9 top prospect D'Shawn Knowles, who is also from the Bahamas.

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Making Bahamian Baseball History