After spending 2007-08 in rookie ball with the Brewers Arizona and Helena farm clubs, Dennis was bumped up to Milwaukee's newest affiliate, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, to start 2009. For someone still learning to play outside his home country, there could be few better places to earn his stripes."When I got to the city of Appleton, everybody really kind of just embraced me and welcomed me," he says. "It made it kind of an easy transition, you know, from not being here or not ever coming to Wisconsin personally. All the people here are very nice. It's a beautiful city, it's clean, and like I said, once you're a Timber Rattler, they just take you right under their wing and help you out with anything you need."
The Wisconsin spirit did wonders for Dennis, who kicked off the year by socking 42 base hits in his first 132 at-bats, with 15 doubles and four home runs. But the honeymoon was short lived for the then-20-year-old, who would suffer a badly sprained ankle after only 38 games in a Rattler uniform.
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