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  Dante Bichette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bichette also hit his first home run at the newly-constructed Coors Field, a fourteenth inning smash against the Mets that secured an opening day victory for the Rockies in 1995.
Bichette had his best season in 1995, coming very close to the Triple Crown with a.340 batting average, 40 home runs and 128 RBIs and barely lost the MVP voting to the Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin.
Bichette began having knee problems in 1996, but was still successful as a hitter, with a.316 average, 31 home runs and 141 RBIs.
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 Dante Bichette -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Alphonse Dante Bichette (November 18, 1963-) was a powerful slugger for his 14 seasons in (Click link for more info and facts about Major League Baseball) Major League Baseball.
Bichette hit the franchise's first home run in their second game in 1993, against the (Click link for more info and facts about New York Mets) New York Mets at (Click link for more info and facts about Shea Stadium) Shea Stadium.
Bichette also hit his first home run at the newly-constructed (Click link for more info and facts about Coors Field) Coors Field, a fourteenth inning smash against the Mets that secured an opening day victory for the Rockies in 1995.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/dante_bichette.htm   (508 words)

  
 Dante Bichette | BaseballLibrary.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bichette saw his first major-league action at the age of 25 with the California Angels in 1988, but despite a well-respected throwing arm he proved too streaky a hitter to push his way into the regular lineup.
Bichette became involved in the late-season controversy surrounding home run champ Mark McGwire when a Denver sportswriter's press credentials were revoked for removing a bottle of androstenedione -- McGwire's muscle enhancer of choice -- from Bichette's locker.
Bichette doubles in the 4th, homers in the 6th, triples in the 9th, and singles in the 10th.
www.baseballlibrary.com /baseballlibrary/ballplayers/B/Bichette_Dante.stm   (1899 words)

  
 ESPN.com: MLB - Bichette decides to retire after 14 years, 274 homers
Bichette struggled at the plate this spring as he tried to make the Los Angeles Dodgers, hitting just.190 with two home runs and four RBI in 16 games.
Bichette wanted to play everyday but it appeared he would be used mainly as a pinch-hitter.
Bichette was first drafted by the Angels in the 17th round of the 1984 draft.
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 Spitter 12
Cincinnati Reds outfielder Dante Bichette surprised Major League baseball last week, announcing that he was six months pregnant.
Bichette's batting average has hovered around the.200 mark all season, and Reds officials believe that his condition has contributed to his lackluster performance on the field.
Bichette said he had noticed signs of pregnancy for several weeks.
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 SOHH.com Global Forum - MLB Insider...Sep 8: Bichette makes his pitch; Ichiro for MVP?
Dante Bichette spread out in his flat-footed stance for the final time with the Boston Red Sox in 2001, then stowed his bats in the rack and came to grips with reality.
Bichette played competitive tennis, dabbled in real estate and helped coach his two young sons, Dante and Bo, who have enough talent on the baseball field to allow their father to dream.
Bichette, who last pitched as a high school senior in Jupiter, Fla., possessed one of baseball's strongest outfield arms with California in the late 1980s and Milwaukee in the early '90s, and he loved to show it off.
forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=500257   (2416 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Bichette in three-player deal to Reds
Bichette, who turns 36 on Nov. 18, was one of the original Rockies and a fan favorite in Colorado.
Bichette hit 34 homers and drove in 133 runs last season, when he barely missed hitting.300 for the seventh consecutive season.
Bichette is a career.345 hitter in Cincinnati with nine homers and 32 RBI.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=142047&type=news   (746 words)

  
 CNNSI.com -- Baseball -- Dante Bichette News
Bichette continues to struggle with some tendinitis in his elbow and is day-to-day for the Boston Red Sox.
Bichette was not in the Red Sox' lineup on Wednesday because of some tendinitis in his elbow.
Bichette, who was frustrated earlier in the season by how he was being used in Boston, is currently in the midst of a 13-game hitting streak.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /baseball/mlb/players/2010/latest_news.html   (249 words)

  
 Major League Baseball News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bichette played five innings, and after the game ended, sought out Dodgers General Manager Dan Evans after the club's exhibition game with Montreal to tell him a part-time role would not work and he was going home.
Bichette is married with two sons, ages 4 and 9.
But last week Tracy said he was not 100 percent convinced Bichette would make the ballclub, and Bichette responded by holding three meetings with Evans to discuss his role and whether he could handle it.
www.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=la_20020322_bichette_news&team_id=mlb   (659 words)

  
 Boston Red Sox News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bichette was perfect on his three chances in left.
Bichette, who played right field for most of his time in Colorado and Cincinnati, has now started one game in left, two games at first, and six as a designated hitter this spring.
Dante Bichette has started at designated hitter, first base and now, left field for the Red Sox this spring.
redsox.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/bos/news/bos_news_story.jsp?article_id=bos_20010316_notebook_news&team_id=bos   (573 words)

  
 Ex-Sox slugger Bichette joins Pride   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bichette played the final two years of his career with the Red Sox, retiring after hitting.286 with 12 home runs and 49 RBIs in 2001.
Bichette finished second in the MVPvoting that year to Barry Larkin, leading the Rockies to their first playoff berth in history.
Bichette came to the Red Sox on Aug. 31, 2000 for minor leaguers Chris Reitsma and John Curtice.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20040731/SP_003.htm   (298 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Stanley, Bichette can thank sons for first world series
Stanley and another former major leaguer, Dante Bichette, are coaches on the Maitland, Fla., team at the Little League World Series.
Bichette's only postseason appearance came in 1995, when his Colorado Rockies lost a divisional round series to the Atlanta Braves.
Today, Bichette says his focus is on his son, Dante Jr., and the rest of his Maitland teammates.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050819-1250-bby-littleleague.html   (553 words)

  
 Red Sox Notebook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Williams had limited Bichette's playing time considerably early in the season despite his hitting history, including some impressive figures he put up when he was with the Colorado Rockies.
Finally given the chance, Bichette proved that Williams was as wrong as rain.
Bichette came up in the third after Lou Merloni doubled, Jose Offerman beat out an infield single and Scott Hatteberg doubled for a run.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20010626/SP_008.htm   (454 words)

  
 Dante Bichette Baseball Stats by Baseball Almanac
Dante Bichette was born on Monday, November 18, 1963, in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Bichette was 25 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 5, 1988, with the California Angels, and his Major League Baseball stats for every season he played, along with his career totals are on this page.
Dante Bichette's biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable) career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this Dante Bichette baseball statistics page.
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 Young Bichette is making own name - 08/23/05
Bichette was one of the few bright spots Monday for Maitland, getting two of the four hits off Alaka'i Aglipay and continuing his strong performance in the tournament.
Bichette's father, who is a coach for Maitland, has some experience in the spotlight: Dante Bichette hit 274 homers during a 14-year major league career.
Bichette is probably best known for his stretch in the 1990s with a lineup that powered the Colorado Rockies.
www.detnews.com /2005/moresports/0508/23/D08-289792.htm   (616 words)

  
 Spitter2
Bichette, older brother of Rockies outfielder Dante Bichette, has never played baseball at any level, but will nevertheless join the team for spring training.
Bichette, at the time employed as a drunken thug at the Loose Lips Bar and Entertainment Center, approached advance scout Steve Balboni and asked to borrow fifty dollars.
Bichette was being held for questioning and was unavailable for comment.
www.spitter.com /spitter_101698.htm   (597 words)

  
 Addict Baseball and Football Forum - Bichette Signs With L.A.
LOS ANGELES -- Four-time All Dante Bichette signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, with an invitation to spring training as a non-roster player, according to Dodgers Executive Vice President and General Manager Dan Evans.
Bichette, a 14-year Major League veteran, spent the 2001 season with the Boston Red Sox, batting.286 with 12 home runs, 30 doubles and 49 RBIs in 107 games.
03.22 Dante Bichette (OF) LA Dante Bichette was considering leaving the Dodgers, but said yesterday that he plans to honor his contract.
www.addictsports.com /baseball/printthread.php?t=3649   (370 words)

  
 westword.com | | Sports | DANTE? HELL, YES | 1995-10-11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bichette had the league's third-highest batting average at.340, trailing perennial batting-crown winner Gwynn (.368) and Piazza (.346).
Bichette had a 23-game hitting streak between May 22 and June 18 (equaled this year only by the Angels' Jim Edmonds) and put together a 19-gamer from July 19 to August 8.
The devaluation of the valuable Dante Bichette derives from the fact that he hit his first 17 homers--and 31 of 40 overall--in the new ballpark.
www.westword.com /issues/1995-10-11/sports.html   (1331 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Sports
Bichette was one of the few bright spots for Maitland, getting two of the four hits off Ewa Beach ace Alaka'i Aglipay and continuing his stellar performance in the tournament.
Bichette's father, who is a coach for Maitland, has some experience in the spotlight: Former Colorado Rockies player Dante Bichette hit 274 home runs during a 14-year major-league career.
The younger Dante's dreams of playing in South Williamsport took hold two years ago on a trip to the World Series with his father.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/sports/article/0,1299,DRMN_2_4022790,00.html   (407 words)

  
 New Members   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Only here could Dante Bichette be told "You must have a great snake" by a guy.
Bichette draws a crowd at The Beach Club not because he's a ballplayer but because he "slaps the tin" (you know: lights the lamp, puts the biscuit in the basket, Goooooal!) like gunshot.
Bichette's 13 polyurethane men dribble and pass like Brazil.
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 Email this story Comment in our Blog Print this story SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. ---- Dante Bi... Bichette having a blast, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Bichette was one of the few bright spots on the day for Maitland, getting two of the four hits off West Oahu ace Alaka'i Aglipay and continuing his stellar performance in the tournament.
Bichette's father, who is a coach for Maitland, has some experience in the spotlight: Dante Bichette hit 274 home runs during a 14-year major-league career.
Little Dante's dreams of playing in South Williamsport took hold two years ago on a trip to the Little League World Series with his father.
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 ESPN.com: Dante Bichette Career Notes
He also set personal bests with 197 hits, tying perennial hit leader Tony Gwynn, while Bichette also led the league in total bases (359) extra-base hits (80) and slugging percentage (.620)...
Dante and Chicago's Frank Thomas are the only major league players to hit 20 homers, drive in 80 runs and hit.300 in each of the last 3 seasons...
Known for his arm strength, Bichette finished third in the league with 10 outfield assists...
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 Bichette, Florida kept in check - The Boston Globe
Unfortunately for him, Michael Memea and the other West Oahu sluggers are turning in star performances themselves in South Williamsport.
Bichette was one of the few bright spots on the day for Maitland, getting two of the four hits off West Oahu ace Alaka'i Aglipay.
Bichette's father, a coach for Maitland, has experience in the spotlight: Dante Bichette hit 274 home runs during a 14-year major league career, spent mostly with the Colorado Rockies.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/minors/articles/2005/08/23/bichette_florida_kept_in_check   (362 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Dante Bichette
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www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Dante-Bichette   (915 words)

  
 Dante Bichette's - Denver, CO, 80203 - Citysearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Celebrity restaurateur Cliff Young is long gone from his chain of 17th Avenue namesake eateries, but the restaurants have only recently begun replacing his name with one of wider repute.
It's no news that Colorado Rockies slugger Dante Bichette is rapidly expanding—into Uptown's restaurant row, that is.Cliff Young's Vino Vino is now Dante and Stew's Vino Vino, with little changed but the name.
It's no news that Colorado Rockies slugger Dante Bichette is rapidly expanding—into Uptown's restaurant row, that is.
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 Moises Alou   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
For the past 2 seasons Dante Bichette has been part of the Rivers family and has been one of our leaders in the clubhouse.
Bichette that it was time to move on.
Bichette has expressed his views and opinions with the upper managment in Mississippi with his contract status.
www.duke.edu /~gat2/bbw/smack98/ss4.html   (331 words)

  
 westword.com | | Cafe | Mouthing Off | 1998-04-23   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The rest of the menu is tiny, with a few salads and three varieties of paella, this year's answer to last year's mashed-potatoes-with-horseradish fad.
Meanwhile, over at what was once called "Denver's restaurant row," on East 17th Avenue, Dante Bichette is batting cleanup for the building that houses Cliff Young's.
Then he and Dante will open Dante Bichette's Restaurant in what was Cliff Young's--with the old Crystal Room being made into a private party area for what controller Jason Marquez calls "Dante and his friends." And Vino Vino's name has changed to Dante & Stew's Vino Vino Ristorante Italiano.
www.westword.com /issues/1998-04-23/cafe.html   (735 words)

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