{"id":1562,"date":"2011-12-20T20:37:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T20:37:51","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\/20\/catchingupwiththebucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching up With The Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\\\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 6px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 21px; text-align: left; \\\">Catching up With Former Waterloo Buck Jim Magrane.<\/h3>\n<p>\nJim Magrane is a 6&#8217;2&quot; and 208lb right handed pitcher from Ottumwa, IA. Jim played high school ball for Ottumwa High School before playing for the University of Iowa. &nbsp;While playing for the Hawkeyes, Jim played for the Waterloo Bucks for the 1997-1999 seasons.<br \/>\n<img width=\\\"161\\\" height=\\\"247\\\" align=\\\"right\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" src=\\\"\/userfiles\/image\/Jim%20Magrane.png\\\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\nJim tallied really strong numbers while pitching for the Bucks. &nbsp;Jim had a 20-6 record with a 2.63 ERA in 53 games. &nbsp;He had 9 complete games, struck out 245 batters&nbsp;and only gave up 84 walks&nbsp;in his 232 innings pitched. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After being drafted by the New York Mets in the 33rd round (978th overall) of the 1996 Amateur Draft, he was signed as a nondrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 1999. &nbsp;Jim went on to play in the minors, but never managed to make it to the &#8216;show&#8217;. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jim got really close while playing for two different triple A teams&#8211; the Durham Bulls (Illinois) and the Columbus Clippers (Illinois). &nbsp;Jim played for the Bulls in the years 2002-2006 and played for the Clippers in the year 2007. After playing for Columbus in &#8217;07, Magrane left for an independent league and played for the Somerset Patriots out in New Jersey. &nbsp;Jim palyed the 2011 season for the Patriots, and may play for them again next year.<\/p>\n<p>In his time in the minors, Jim has posted a career 68-74 record with a 3.94 ERA. &nbsp;He pitched in 233 games and had 808 strike outs with 392 walks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\\\"font-size: smaller; \\\"><span style=\\\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; \\\"><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; \\\">Catching Up with the Bucks&quot; is presented by Hibachi &amp; Sushi Buffet.&nbsp; Located at 1535 Flammang Drive in Waterloo, stop by today for lunch or dinner.&nbsp; Bringing&nbsp;<\/span><font face=\\\"\\\">you the freshest, finest quality traditional Japanese Hibachi, Japanese Sushi, and Asian dishes at prices you can afford to enjoy often.<\/font><span class=\\\"yui_3_2_0_64_1320860132494104\\\" style=\\\"font-family: Arial; \\\">&nbsp; Check&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><font style=\\\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 11px; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; 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_1320860132494104\\\" style=\\\"font-family: Arial; \\\"><a rel=\\\"nofollow\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" style=\\\"color: blue !important; cursor: text !important; \\\" href=\\\"http:\/\/waterloobucks.com\/\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: smaller; \\\">waterloobucks.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><span style=\\\"text-align: left; \\\"><font><font color=\\\"#000000\\\"><font color=\\\"#000000\\\"><span class=\\\"yui_3_2_0_64_1320860132494104\\\"><font color=\\\"#222222\\\" face=\\\"Arial\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: smaller; line-height: 21px;\\\">&nbsp;every Wednesday for &ldquo;Catching Up with the Bucks&quot; powered by Hibachi &amp; Sushi Buffet.[<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><span style=\\\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left; \\\"><span style=\\\"color: rgb(2, 83, 131); \\\"><font color=\\\"#025383\\\"><a style=\\\"font-size: smaller; color: rgb(2, 83, 131); \\\" href=\\\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Hibachi-Sushi-Buffet\/121481424574892\\\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Hibachi-Sushi-Buffet\/121481424574892<\/a><font size=\\\"1\\\">]<\/font><\/font><\/span><\/span><span style=\\\"text-align: left; \\\"><font><font color=\\\"#000000\\\"><font color=\\\"#000000\\\"><span class=\\\"yui_3_2_0_64_1320860132494104\\\"><\/p>\n<div style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\"><font face=\\\"'Trebuchet MS', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\\\"><span style=\\\"font-size: 8px; line-height: 21px;\\\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catching up With Former Waterloo Buck Jim Magrane. 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