Doug Glanville

Active - 2001 - 2001  |   Born - Aug 25, 1970 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States  |   Genres - Drama, Comedy, Sports & Recreation

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  • Took a leave of absence from Penn in the spring of 1992 to play baseball, but returned in the fall to finish his course work and graduate.
  • His senior engineering project was a transportation-feasibility study for a proposed baseball stadium on the site of the Philadelphia post office at 30th Street.
  • Was drafted in the first round by the Chicago Cubs in 1991 and made his MLB debut with the club in June 1996.
  • Led the league in stolen bases in 1999.
  • One of his post-baseball jobs was working as a designer for a company in Chicago that built single-family homes.
  • Authored the 2010 book The Game From Where I Stand.