Matthew Thomas "Matt" Daley (born June 23, 1982) is an American

United States

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 Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player. He is currently a free agent.

Early life

Daley was born in Queens

Queens

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, New York and raised in Garden City, New York

Garden City, New York

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 where he graduated from Garden City High School in 2000 after helping GCHS win the New York State Class B baseball championship. Daley attended Bucknell University

Bucknell University

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, where he was a member of Delta Upsilon

Delta Upsilon

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Baseball career

Daley made his Minor League debut in , and spent 2005 and 2006 with the Casper Rockies

Casper Rockies

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, Asheville Tourists

Asheville Tourists

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 and the Tulsa Drillers

Tulsa Drillers

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Daley spent the 2008 season with two teams, playing for the Drillers and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox

Colorado Springs Sky Sox

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, going 4-6 in 63 games in Tulsa and Colorado Springs.

He made his major league debut on April 25 against the Los Angeles Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers

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, pitching 1 inning and getting his first strikeout

Strikeout

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Daley went from July 8 to August 16 without letting up a single run. His 14.2 inning scoreless streak was the longest by a Rockies reliever in 2009.

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