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Antone DeJesus (2014)

By Dan Popoloski, 08/17/15, 2:15PM EDT

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While Antone DeJesus had a brief stay with the Rockland Boulders, only playing during the 2014 season, but his steady glove in the outfield, his reliable bat and blistering speed made it a memorable one. 
    So what has the electric outfielder been doing since winning the Can-Am league championship with Boulders? After his one year stay in Pomona, DeJesus moved on quickly to another professional baseball team, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in the independent Atlantic League. He spent four games at the end of the 2014 season there, and then the entire 2015 season in a Blue Crab uniform. 
    That would be his final season as a professional baseball player however, as he would retire. Now, DeJesus is a Logistics Account Executive at Total Quality Logistics (TQL). TQL is the second largest brokerage firm in the United States. They specialize in connecting companies that need products delivered to small independent truck companies in order to streamline deliveries. DeJesus started working with the company in February of 2015. 
    DeJesus is working out of Louisville, Kentucky, near where he attended college at the University of Kentucky. He has moved a lot in his life, being born in Texas, then going to high school in Ohio, before attending Kentucky. Out of Kentucky, DeJesus was selected in the 16th round of the draft by the St. Louis Cardinals in 2007. He played in their organization until 2010, working his way up to AA, before being released. He then latched onto Rio Grande Valley and Edinburgh in the North American baseball league in 2011. In 2012, he moved to the Frontier League with the Gateway Grizzlies, who he played with for two years before coming to Pomona to roam the pastures of Palisades Credit Union Park. 
    DeJesus’ one year in the red, white and blue was a remarkable one. In 2014, he posted the fourth most hits in a single season in franchise history, with 119, as well as the single season franchise mark of eight triples. In his entire professional career, DeJesus recorded 689 hits, including 33 triples and 26 home runs, posting a solid career batting average of .279. Many of his career highs in a full season came in a Boulders uniform, when he hit .308; he also posted career highs in home runs (7), triples (8) and stolen bases (20).