David Christopher Rajsich (born September 28, 1951 in Youngstown, Ohio

Youngstown, Ohio

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) is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 pitcher from 1978 to 1980 for the New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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 and Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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. He also played one season in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda. Mazda is the largest single shareholder , which is less than the portion owned by the Matsuda family . Because of that,...

 in 1984. Rajsich, whose last name is pronounced "Ray-Sich", was a southpaw pitcher known as "The Blade" because he was so tall and thin (6'5", 175).

Rajsich is the brother of former major league outfielder Gary Rajsich

Gary Rajsich

Gary Louis Rajsich is an American Major League Baseball scout and a former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the Majors from until , then played three additional seasons for the Chunichi Dragons from until...

, with whom he played on the St. Petersburg Pelicans

St. Petersburg Pelicans

The St. Petersburg Pelicans were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The team went 42-30 in the regular season and won the Northern Division title. Steve Henderson hit .352 for the club, and Lenny Randle batted .349. Milt...

 in the Senior Professional Baseball Association

Senior Professional Baseball Association

The Senior Professional Baseball Association was a winter baseball league based in Florida for players age 35 and over . The league began play in 1989 and had eight teams in two divisions and a 72 game schedule...

. He is currently the pitching coach for the Eugene Emeralds

Eugene Emeralds

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