Dave Racaniello

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Dave Racaniello
Dave Racaniello March 2009.jpg
Racaniello in 2009.
New York Mets – No. 54
Catcher/Major League Baseball bullpen coach
Born: (1978-06-03) June 3, 1978 (age 34)
Stamford, Connecticut
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Teams

As coach

Dave Racaniello (born June 3, 1978 in Stamford, Connecticut) is a Major League Baseball bullpen catcher for the New York Mets.

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College career [edit]

He was a college teammate of pitcher Érik Bédard at Norwalk Community College and also played for Central Connecticut State University team.

Coaching career [edit]

He joined the Mets coaching staff in 2001. He is known to be one of All-Star third baseman David Wright's best friends on the team.[1]

New York Daily News reported on February 26, 2010 that Dave Racaniello biked from New York to Florida for the New York Mets Spring Training. Racaniello currently holds the official visitors' clubhouse record at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia with 14 cheese steaks consumed.[2]

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