More about Kevin Cash, new Tampa Bay Rays manager

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Pam Huff

Director of News Operations- Tampa Bay Business Journal

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Along with its official announcement confirming Kevin Cash as the new Tampa Bay Rays manager, the team released an infographic about his career path. ( Scroll down for full infographic.)

Here's more from the announcement about Cash's major league history:

A veteran catcher of eight major league seasons, Cash becomes the first former Rays player to be named Rays manager and joins former Chicago White Sox skipper Ozzie Guillen as the only former Rays to manage at the major league level. He appeared in 13 games with the Devil Rays in 2005, and all but 20 games in his career were spent in the American League East. In addition to the Rays, he played for the Toronto Blue Jays (2002-04), Boston Red Sox (2007-08, 2010), New York Yankees (2009) and Houston Astros (2010). Cash was part of two World Champion teams (2007 Red Sox, 2009 Yankees) and appeared in the 2008 ALCS against the Rays.
A Tampa native, Kevin played in the 1989 Little League World Series for Tampa Northside, graduated from Gaither High School in 1997 and played three seasons as an infielder for Florida State University including a trip to the 1999 College World Series. After going undrafted in 1999, he played for the Falmouth Commodores in the Cape Cod League. When both the team's primary catchers suffered injuries that summer, he volunteered to convert to catcher and went on to earn team MVP honors. In August, he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an undrafted free agent.

Pam Huff is Director of News Operations for the Tampa Bay Business Journal.