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oPening daY age: 44 Born: March 4, 1973
BirthPlaCe: Turner Falls, MA resides: Woodbury, CT
married: Melissa Shuhart, Dec. 12, 1992
Children: Alexa-Grace, Hunter
aPPointed: Aug. 14, 2014
Brogna CoaChing highlights
◆ Joins the Angels as Player Information Coach in 2015 after assuming the role when Rick Eckstein departed on Aug. 14,
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2014...Joined Angels organization in 2014 as Special Assistant to General Manager where he served in a hybrid role
of scouting and coaching within the organization...Prior to joining Angels, held a variety positions with the Arizona
Diamondbacks...In 2010, managed the club’s Double-A Mobile BayBears to a 75-62 record, the third-most wins in
BayBears history....Club advanced to Southern League Championship Series before eventually being eliminated by
Jacksonville...Following the season, was briefly named Arizona’s Director, Player Development before resigning in
Nov. to become the head football coach at Notre Dame Catholic High School (CT)...Also worked as a scout for the
Tampa Bay Rays that year...From 2006-09, was a Major League scout for the Diamondbacks organization...In 2008,
also filled in as Arizona’s minor league field coordinator on an interm basis...Held initial scouting position with the
Colorado Rockies in 2005...During the 2002 season was a hitting coach for the Philadelphia’s Double-A Reading
Phillies.
PlaYing Career & misC
◆ ◆ Played nine years in Majors with Tigers (1992), Mets (1994-96), Phillies (1997-2000), Red Sox (2000) and Braves
(2001)....During career, compiled a .269/.320/.445 slash line with 106 home runs...In 1999, hit a career-high 24
home runs, and also hit the first home run out of Coors Field...Was a teammate of General Manager Jerry Dipoto’s
on Mets from 1995-96 and later worked together in Diamondbacks organization...Originally drafted by Tigers in the
first round (26th overall) of the 1988 First-Year Player draft...Highly recruited as a quarterback by Clemson University
out of Watertown High School (CT), but chose to pursue a career in baseball...Makes his home in Woodbury, CT and
has two children...Full name is Rico Joseph Brogna...Pronounced Bro-nia (like Califor-nia).

mlB instant rePlaY modifiCations for 2015

• Managers may now invoke instant replay from the dugout and will no longer be required
to approach the calling umpire to challenge a call. Managers may hold play from the top
step of the dugout by signaling to players and the home plate umpire that he is considering
a challenge. A decision can be communicated verbally or with a hand signal. To challenge
an inning-ending call, managers will be required to leave the dugout immediately in order to
hold the defensive team on the field.
• Whether a runner left the base early or properly touched a base on a tag-up play will be
reviewable.
• A manager will retain his challenge after every call that is overturned. Last year, a
manager retained his challenge only after the first overturned call.
• A manager must use a challenge in order to review whether a play at home plate included
a violation of the rule governing home plate collisions. However, in the event that a manager
is out of challenges after the start of the seventh inning, the Crew Chief may still choose to
review whether there was a violation of the rule.
• During Postseason games, regular season tiebreaker games and the All-Star Game,
managers will now have two challenges per game.
• Instant replay will not be utilized during 2015 Spring Training, but it will be in place for
exhibition games at Major League ballparks prior to the start of the 2015 regular season.

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