Jon Deeble
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Jon Deeble (born 18 May 1962 in Melbourne) is the head coach of the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League and the former manager of the Australian national baseball team.
Career
Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches from 1983 to 1995, a playing career which included the 1988 Olympics and an Australian Baseball League championship with the Melbourne Monarchs in 1993. He later went on to be a minor league manager in North American professional baseball, working in the Florida Marlins and Boston Red Sox organizations. After spending 15 seasons (2002–16) as coordinator of scouting for the Pacific Rim region for the Red Sox,[http://www.baseball.com.au/?Page=16198 Jon Deeble ABF Profile] Deeble joined the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization in October 2016.
Deeble managed the Australian squad at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics, leading the team to a silver medal in the latter Games. Deeble was Australia's manager, as well, in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2009 World Baseball Classic.{{cite news|first=Gordon|last=Edes|title=Deeble led Aussies in '04 Games and helped Sox land Dice-K|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/03/02/silver_and_gold/|date=2 March 2007|newspaper=The Boston Globe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820040303/http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2007/03/02/silver_and_gold/|archive-date=20 August 2007|access-date=5 March 2025}}{{cite web|title=Australia’s Mr Baseball has set his sights on more Olympic glory|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/australia-s-mr-baseball-has-set-his-sights-on-more-olympic-glory|date=1 November 2017|website=olympics.com|access-date=5 March 2025}}
With the Red Sox organization, he was manager of the Lowell Spinners in 2003 – earlier, he had spent four seasons (1997–1999; 2001) as manager of the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Marlins – and was a coach for the Boston Red Sox during the 2005 season.[http://www.saxton.com.au/default.asp?sd8=7592 Jon Deeble], Saxton Speakers Bureau As a scout, Deeble has signed countless young Australian hopefuls through the Australian Major League Baseball Academy, however, in Asia, he has signed such names as Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima.Sygall, D. (29 April 2007). [http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/scouts-get-their-man/2007/04/28/1177460044785.html?page=fullpage Scouts get their man], The Age. Accessed 10 August 2009
References
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Category:Australian expatriate baseball people in the United States
Category:Boston Red Sox scouts
Category:Los Angeles Dodgers scouts
Category:Lowell Spinners managers
Category:World Baseball Classic managers
Category:Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
Category:Australian baseball coaches
Category:Sportspeople from Melbourne
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