Jackson Hugh Lind is a retired Major League Baseball

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 shortstop

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, first baseman

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, second baseman

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, and third baseman

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. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the Milwaukee Brewers

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, as well as one season in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants

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. He was drafted by the Houston Astros

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 in the 7th round of the secondary phase of the 1967 Major League Baseball Draft

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After retiring from playing, Lind began a managing career in the minor leagues

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. He won league championships in his first three seasons as a minor league manager: with the Redwood Pioneers

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 and and with the Vermont Reds

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. Most recently, he managed the Lexington Legends

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 in .

Jack is a 1964 graduate of Mesa High School

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in Mesa, Arizona.

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