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West Point Grad and MLB Hopeful Derek Berg Balancing 2 Career Goals

In his four seasons playing baseball for the West Point Black Knights, Derek Berg was part of four NCAA Division I Patriot League championship teams.
West Point Grad and MLB Hopeful Derek Berg Balancing 2 Career Goals
A photo of Derek Berg. Berg played four years at West Point, and graduated from the United States Military Academy. He is currently playing in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Donald Laible/The Epoch Times
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Pittsburgh Pirates minor league catcher Derek Berg is concentrating on moving up in the organizational depth chart—for now.

Berg, on Tuesday, was among the traveling squad of Pirates being bussed from their spring training home of Bradenton, Florida, 95 miles south to Fort Myers, for an exhibition game with the Boston Red Sox at JetBlue Park. Sandwiched in the 16–7 Pittsburgh win, Pirates’ skipper Don Kelly called on Berg to pinch hit, and remain in the game in the designated hitter’s role.

Donald Laible
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Don has covered pro baseball for several decades, beginning in the minor leagues as a radio broadcaster in the NY Mets organization. His Ice Chips & Diamond Dust blog ran from 2012-2020 at uticaod.com. His baseball passion surrounds anything concerning the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and writing features on the players and staff of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Don currently resides in southwest Florida.