James Douglas Jennings is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues

Major League Baseball

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 primarily as a utility player from 1988–1991 and 1993.

Jennings played for Nippon Professional Baseball's Orix Blue Wave for three seasons (-).

In 1999 Jennings played for the Newark Bears

Newark Bears

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 and on July 16, 1999 he hit the game winning homerun in the 10th inning in the first game at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium

Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium

Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium is a 6,200-seat baseball park in Newark, New Jersey, USA, that hosted its first regular season baseball game on July 16,1999, with former 1940's bear Yogi Berra throwing the ceremonial first pitch, as the tenants of the facility, the Newark Bears, took on the...

. From 2000 to 2005 Jennings played for the Long Island Ducks

Long Island Ducks

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 also of the independent Atlantic League

Atlantic League

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