Dustin Delucchi and Derrick Van Dusen?
While doing research for an article I was writing for the PLAYBALL! magazine that will be available during the series with the Chiefs, I saw a pair of names that I often wonder about.
Dustin Delucchi was an outfielder and lead-off hitter for the Rattlers in the 2003 season. He had been signed by the Mariners off the roster fo the DuBois County Dragons of the independent Frontier League and assigned to the Rattlers out of Spring training. He made it all the way up to Tacoma before moving over to the Padres organization last year.
He spent time with Portland (OR) in Triple-A and Mobile (AL) in the Southern League this season before being released.
Delucchi has turned up in an old Northern League city, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Playing for the Canaries of the new American Association in Sioux City, Iowa last night, he went 1-for-5 with a pair of RBI in the lead off spot.
Derrick Van Dusen was the first Timber Rattler pitcher to throw a 9-inning no-hitter. He pitched it at old Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids against the Kernels on August 27, 2001.
He went to the Rangers in a trade that included former Rattler Jermaine Clark in 2002. The Rangers traded Van Dusen to the Indians in March of 2003. Last season, he was 11-6 for Lynchburg in the Carolina League, but got let go.
Coastal Bend, a team based in Robstown, Texas signed him and so far this year he is 3-3 with a 4.86ERA.
As a side note for some other former Midwest Leaguers on those teams:
Angelo Fermin (Beloit), Ralph Santana (Beloit), and Anthony Monegan (Peoria) are in Sioux Falls. JR Pickens (Kane County) is on Coastal Bend.
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