| Coach Jack Hubbard and staff |
Coach Jack Hubbard (Lead Instructor) - has had a varied career in Major
League Baseball during the last 28 years. His career began as a scouting
supervisor for the State of Florida with the Milwaukee Brewers. Former
positions include first base coach and advance scout for the St. Louis
Cardinals under manager Joe Torre and first base coach for the Toronto
Blue Jays. Other positions include professional scout with the Major
League Scouting Bureau and the Chicago White Sox. With the New York
Yankees for 18 years, Coach Hubbard was Director of Player
Development, and special assignment scout for Mr. Steinbrenner in
evaluation minor league talent. His current positions with the Yankees
are professional scout and minor league roving outfield coordinator and
he is on the staff during big league Spring Training as an outfield, base
running and bunting instructor. In 2006, he was the first base coach,
outfield and base running instructor for the Netherlands in the World
Baseball Classic.
League Baseball during the last 28 years. His career began as a scouting
supervisor for the State of Florida with the Milwaukee Brewers. Former
positions include first base coach and advance scout for the St. Louis
Cardinals under manager Joe Torre and first base coach for the Toronto
Blue Jays. Other positions include professional scout with the Major
League Scouting Bureau and the Chicago White Sox. With the New York
Yankees for 18 years, Coach Hubbard was Director of Player
Development, and special assignment scout for Mr. Steinbrenner in
evaluation minor league talent. His current positions with the Yankees
are professional scout and minor league roving outfield coordinator and
he is on the staff during big league Spring Training as an outfield, base
running and bunting instructor. In 2006, he was the first base coach,
outfield and base running instructor for the Netherlands in the World
Baseball Classic.
Dave Eiland - Former Major League Pitcher for 10 years with the Yankees, Padres and Devil
Rays. Surgery forced his retirement in 2002. He was hired by the Yankees as the pitching
coach for the Gulf Coast squad in 2003. Spent the 2004 season with the Staten Island
Yankees. After being promoted in 2006, Dave is currently the pitching coach for the Yankees
AAA Scranton, PA
David William Eiland (born July 5, 1966, in Dade City, Florida) was a pitcher in Major League
Baseball. He is currently the Pitching Coach of the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
Eiland is the only player in Major League Baseball history to give up a home run to the first
batter he ever faced and hit a home run in his very first at-bat.
Eiland was named International League Pitcher of the Year in 1990 while playing for the
Columbus Clippers with a 16-5 record and a 2.87 ERA. He played college baseball at
University of Florida and the University of South Florida.
In 2007 Dave Eiland was promoted to the pitching coach for the New York Yankees
Rays. Surgery forced his retirement in 2002. He was hired by the Yankees as the pitching
coach for the Gulf Coast squad in 2003. Spent the 2004 season with the Staten Island
Yankees. After being promoted in 2006, Dave is currently the pitching coach for the Yankees
AAA Scranton, PA
David William Eiland (born July 5, 1966, in Dade City, Florida) was a pitcher in Major League
Baseball. He is currently the Pitching Coach of the New York Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, the
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
Eiland is the only player in Major League Baseball history to give up a home run to the first
batter he ever faced and hit a home run in his very first at-bat.
Eiland was named International League Pitcher of the Year in 1990 while playing for the
Columbus Clippers with a 16-5 record and a 2.87 ERA. He played college baseball at
University of Florida and the University of South Florida.
In 2007 Dave Eiland was promoted to the pitching coach for the New York Yankees
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Robert Thomas Ducey (born May 24, 1965 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian former outfielder
in Major League Baseball. Ducey graduated from Seminole Community College, and was
first signed by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1984. After playing in the Blue Jays' organization from
1987 to 1992, he later moved on to the California Angels (1992), Texas Rangers (1993-94),
Seattle Mariners (1997-98), Philadelphia Phillies (1999-2000, 2000-01) and Montreal Expos
(2001), with a brief return to Toronto in 2000. He ended his 13-year major league career with a
.242 batting average and 31 home runs in 703 games.
He was once traded for himself. On July 26, 2000, the Philadelphia Phillies traded him to the
Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Sneed to
the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. On August 7, 2000, the Toronto Blue Jays
traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on August 5, 2000.
The Toronto Blue Jays sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mickey
Morandini. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Rob Ducey (yes, the same one) to the Philadelphia
Phillies to complete the trade.
in Major League Baseball. Ducey graduated from Seminole Community College, and was
first signed by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1984. After playing in the Blue Jays' organization from
1987 to 1992, he later moved on to the California Angels (1992), Texas Rangers (1993-94),
Seattle Mariners (1997-98), Philadelphia Phillies (1999-2000, 2000-01) and Montreal Expos
(2001), with a brief return to Toronto in 2000. He ended his 13-year major league career with a
.242 batting average and 31 home runs in 703 games.
He was once traded for himself. On July 26, 2000, the Philadelphia Phillies traded him to the
Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent John Sneed to
the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade. On August 7, 2000, the Toronto Blue Jays
traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete an earlier deal made on August 5, 2000.
The Toronto Blue Jays sent a player to be named later to the Philadelphia Phillies for Mickey
Morandini. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Rob Ducey (yes, the same one) to the Philadelphia
Phillies to complete the trade.
Jody Eric Reed (born July 26, 1962 in Tampa, Florida) is a former second baseman in Major
League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1987-1997. The 5'9" second baseman
played with the Boston Red Sox from 1987-1992, and in 1990 he led the American League
with 45 doubles and finished 10th in the AL with 173 hits. He also stroked more than 40
doubles in 1989 and 1991.
Reed was a career .270 hitter who also played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1993),
Milwaukee Brewers (1994), San Diego Padres (1995-1996) and Detroit Tigers (1997). Reed
played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike
Marin.
An amusing sidelight to Reed's career was his description on the back of one of his baseball
cards: "Jody is a dangerous bunter."
League Baseball who had an 11-year career from 1987-1997. The 5'9" second baseman
played with the Boston Red Sox from 1987-1992, and in 1990 he led the American League
with 45 doubles and finished 10th in the AL with 173 hits. He also stroked more than 40
doubles in 1989 and 1991.
Reed was a career .270 hitter who also played with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1993),
Milwaukee Brewers (1994), San Diego Padres (1995-1996) and Detroit Tigers (1997). Reed
played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike
Marin.
An amusing sidelight to Reed's career was his description on the back of one of his baseball
cards: "Jody is a dangerous bunter."
Roly de Armas played in the Philadelphia Phillies chain from 1973 to 1977.
de Armas began his post-playing career as a coach for the Peninsula Pilots in 1978. He was
a minor league manager from 1979 to 1992, then coached the Clearwater Phillies in 1993.
He was the Arizona Diamondbacks' minor league catching instructor in 1999, and held the
same post for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005-2006. He has been a coach at the big league
level for the Chicago White Sox (1995-1996) and Toronto Blue Jays (2000).
2007 will be the 28th season out of the past 35 years that de Armas has spent in the Phillies
organization as a player, coach, or manager.
de Armas began his post-playing career as a coach for the Peninsula Pilots in 1978. He was
a minor league manager from 1979 to 1992, then coached the Clearwater Phillies in 1993.
He was the Arizona Diamondbacks' minor league catching instructor in 1999, and held the
same post for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2005-2006. He has been a coach at the big league
level for the Chicago White Sox (1995-1996) and Toronto Blue Jays (2000).
2007 will be the 28th season out of the past 35 years that de Armas has spent in the Phillies
organization as a player, coach, or manager.
Darnell Coles was Southern California's High School Athlete of the Year in 1980 and turned
down a football and baseball scholarship at UCLA to sign with Seattle as the sixth overall
selection in that year's draft. Traded to Detroit, he was part of an all-20 HR infield in 1986 as
the Tigers' third baseman. An erratic hitter and a defensive liability, he went to the Pittsburgh
outfield in 1987 and tied a club record with a three-HR game (9/30). He was traded back to
Seattle in mid-1988 and was a regular OF in 1989, when he batted .252 with 10 home runs
and 59 RBIs.
Currently at the helm of the Vermont Lake Monsters, Washington’s affiliate in the short-
season New York-Penn League, 45-year-old Darnell Coles has joined the managerial ranks
27 years after being selected sixth overall in the 1980 draft by the Seattle Mariners. A lifetime .
245 hitter who played for eight teams over a 14-year big league career, Coles is best known
for twice hitting three home runs in a game.
down a football and baseball scholarship at UCLA to sign with Seattle as the sixth overall
selection in that year's draft. Traded to Detroit, he was part of an all-20 HR infield in 1986 as
the Tigers' third baseman. An erratic hitter and a defensive liability, he went to the Pittsburgh
outfield in 1987 and tied a club record with a three-HR game (9/30). He was traded back to
Seattle in mid-1988 and was a regular OF in 1989, when he batted .252 with 10 home runs
and 59 RBIs.
Currently at the helm of the Vermont Lake Monsters, Washington’s affiliate in the short-
season New York-Penn League, 45-year-old Darnell Coles has joined the managerial ranks
27 years after being selected sixth overall in the 1980 draft by the Seattle Mariners. A lifetime .
245 hitter who played for eight teams over a 14-year big league career, Coles is best known
for twice hitting three home runs in a game.
| Jack Hubbard Youth Baseball Program |
During High School Troy was a four year starter at Tampa’s Berkeley Prep. He made the all
conference team for three years and was an all county player for two years. Troy was
distinguished as an all state player in his senior year.
Troy played his college baseball at Duke University. He set many records including games
played and games started and was named the team's captain in his Junior and Senior year.
As a senior Troy was a semi finalist for the Johnny Bench award which distinguishes the
county’s most outstanding catcher.
conference team for three years and was an all county player for two years. Troy was
distinguished as an all state player in his senior year.
Troy played his college baseball at Duke University. He set many records including games
played and games started and was named the team's captain in his Junior and Senior year.
As a senior Troy was a semi finalist for the Johnny Bench award which distinguishes the
county’s most outstanding catcher.