{"id":1561,"date":"2011-12-13T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T15:16:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"catchingupwiththebucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/2011\/12\/13\/catchingupwiththebucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up With The Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dan DeMent was raised in Palos Heights,&nbsp;Illinois and went to High&nbsp;School at Providence Catholic.&nbsp; He&nbsp;was a &nbsp;5&#8217;10&quot; and 180lb infielder for most of his career.&nbsp; He was platooned at 3B, 2B&nbsp;and SS while spending some time in the&nbsp;OF&nbsp;as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dan played for the Waterloo Bucks in the years 1998 and 1999 while playing for the University of Alamaba (Birmingham).&nbsp; In his time with the Bucks, Dan had a 0.361 batting average in 115 games.&nbsp; He had 156 hits in his 432 at bats while having 40 doubles, 12<\/p>\n<div>&nbsp;triples, 13 home runs, and hitting in 108 runs.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dan went on and got signed by the Tampa Bay Devil&nbsp;Rays on June 22, 2000. He played&nbsp;two years&nbsp;in single A before being promoted to double A where he spent a few more seasons. &nbsp;Dan got called up to triple A&nbsp;for a few years as well before ultimately hanging up his glove for a coaching job.&nbsp; <br \/>\n<img align=\\\"right\\\" width=\\\"180\\\" height=\\\"263\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"\/userfiles\/image\/Dan%20Dement.bmp\\\" \/> He put up some strong numbers in the minors before he called it a career.&nbsp; He played in 864 games with a 0.268 batting average. &nbsp;He had 802 hits in 2997 at bats with 177 doubles, 35 triples, and 77 home runs while hitting in 394 runs.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Dan took an assisting coaches job for the Princeton Rays in 2009 and took them to finish 2nd that year.&nbsp; He also took an assistant coaching job in 2010 for the Gulf Coast Rays and took them to 1st place that year.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Dan DeMent will always be recognized as a Waterloo Buck and everyone here in the Cedar Valley wishies him the best of luck.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: smaller\\\"><font style=\\\"font-family: Verdana\\\"><font color=\\\"#000000\\\" face=\\\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\\\"><font color=\\\"#000000\\\" face=\\\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\\\"><span class=\\\"yui_3_2_0_64_1320860132494102\\\" style=\\\"font-family: Arial\\\">&quot;Catching Up with the Bucks&quot; 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