David Delmar Edler is a former Major League Baseball

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 player and former Mayor

Mayor

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 of Yakima, Washington

Yakima, Washington

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. He a current member of the Yakima City Council. Edler played third base

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 for the Seattle Mariners

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 from -.

Edler is currently the senior pastor at Yakima Foursquare Church.

Edler is accredited with saying this quote: "Next to the catcher, the third baseman

Third baseman

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has to be the dumbest guy out there. You can't have any brains to take those shots all day."

External links

• City of Yakima - Dave Edler Biography