 Charlie Haeger Posted by
Patrick Moore
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Mon, Jul 6, 2009
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PORTLAND, Ore. - - Former Madonna University golfer and current Albuquerque Isotopes knuckleballer Charlie Haeger (Livonia, Mich.) has been named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star Team after posting a 3.75 ERA with a league-leading eight wins.
The 2009 Triple-A All-Star Game will be held at PGE Park in Portland, Oregon on July 15 at 8:00 pm MT and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2. This will be Haeger's second appearance in the Triple-A All-Star Game, having started the 2006 contest in Toledo, Ohio, while a member of the Charlotte Knights (Triple-A affiliate of the White Sox) and tossing a perfect two innings. Haeger - the younger brother of Madonna University head baseball coach Greg Haeger - is in his first season with the Isotopes after signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the off season. Haeger's eight wins has him tied for the most in the Pacific Coast League while his 2.09 ERA in June was the sixth-lowest in the PCL. He has thrown two complete games thus far in 2009, the second most in the league. A 25th round draft pick of the White Sox in 2001 out of Detroit Catholic Central HS, Haeger briefly retired from professional baseball following the 2002 season, returning to MU and going down in Crusader Athletic history, taking the first ever swing for the Madonna golf team in 2003. After returning to baseball in 2004, Haeger was named to the Carolina League All-Star Team in 2005 before making his major league debut in 2006 for the White Sox against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Haeger has a 1-1 major league record in 19 appearances with the White Sox (2006, 2007) and the San Diego Padres (2008).
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