Bucky Jacobsen

Larry William "Bucky" Jacobsen (born August 30, 1975 in Riverton, Wyoming) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter.

Jacobsen was drafted out of Lewis-Clark State College in the 7th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. After six years in the Brewers organization, advancing as high as Triple-A, Jacobsen was release by the Brewers on June 15, 2002. On June 25, 2002, the St. Louis Cardinals signed Jacobsen, assigning him to their Double-A affiliate, the New Haven Ravens. Jacobsen was granted free agency after the 2003 season and signed with the Seattle Mariners on November 10, 2003.

Jacobsen spent the 2004 season with the Mariners Triple-A affiliate, the Tacoma Rainiers, batting .312 with 26 home runs and 86 RBIs. He also won the Pacific Coast League Home Run Derby. His performance earned Jacobsen a call up on July 16, where he maintained his impressive power, hitting 9 home runs in only 160 at bats. A knee injury sidelined Jacobsen for most of September and he had to have arthroscopic surgery on it on May 12, 2005, missing most of the season and not appearing in any major league games in 2005. On February 26, 2006, Jacobsen signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox;, however, Jacobsen was released before playing any games for the White Sox. He spent 2006 playing for the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, batting .291 with 21 home runs and 89 RBI. Jacobsen played 9 games for Olmecas de Tabasco of the Triple-A Mexican League in 2007. After he couldn't sign with another big-league team, Jacobsen retired from baseball.

Jacobsen is currently appearing on Seattle Q13 Fox station doing Mariners post-game coverage.


Shane Cronin

Shane teaches catching, hitting, and pitching.

Shane has enjoyed 10 years of playing professional baseball. Drafted by the San Diego Padres in 1996; Shane started his professional career on a high note. Earning MVP Honors and winning the Arizona League Championship, along with earning Topps Minor League Player of the year, and Topps Player of the Month for the month of August in which he batted .450, (45-100), 6 homeruns and 36 RBI's on his way to breaking single season RBI record. Drafted as a 3rd/1st basemen, he made the conversion to catcher finishing up in AA with the New York Yankees organization, being part of another championship season where they won the Eastern League. After playing for seven seasons, Shane spent the next 4 years in the Army, stationed at Ft. Lewis and spending a year in Iraq. After his enlistment, baseball was back in his life. Shane started doing personal instruction to give players the development that is needed to succeed in the game of Baseball. In 2008, Shane went back to play in The Golden Baseball League, and played the last three seasons in Chico, Ca, and for the Victoria Seals. Shane has been doing hitting and position specific instruction the last three years. Shane specializes in hitting and catching lessons, and offers pitching and fielding lessons.

Professional Experience:

• Drafted by the San Diego Padres '96
• 10 years professional experience
• 2 championships-Arizona League’96, Eastern League '02
• Arizona League MVP '9
• Topps Minor League Player of the Month-August '96
• Topps Minor League Player of the Year '96
• Howe Sportsdata International Star of Stars '96
• Starter at 5 different positions in Pro Ball

High School:

• 3 Division titles
• 1994 1st Team 2nd Base-1st Team All-State-Team Offensive Player of the Year
• 1993 1st Team Pitcher, 2nd team Catcher, Hon. Men All-State Pitcher-Team MVP
• 1992 2nd Team pitcher, Hon. Men Utility-Coaches Award

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Personal:
Shane is happily married to wife Olivia, and has 3 children: Tyson (14), 2 year old daughter Coco, and a baby boy 6 months&344; Cash.


Jason Lakman
Jason Lakman, 220lbs, 6'5", graduated from Woodinville High school, Class of 1995. Following high school, Jason signed a full-ride scholarship to play baseball at Oregon State University. In June of 1995, Jason was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 7th round where he would play within the organization for the next 5 years. In 1997, Baseball America rated Jason's fastball to be the best in the White Sox organization. Then in 1998, Baseball America rated Jason as the #9 overall prospect within the White Sox organization.



In 2000, Jason was traded to the Baltimore Orioles for Charles Johnson and Harold Baines. Jason also played 3 seasons (1998, 2000, 2002) in the Arizona Fall League. In 2002, he played winter baseball in Mexico for Mexical. In 2004, Jason signed and played in the Taiwan Major League where in that same year he would pitch in the Taiwan World Series.

Jason still holds the record with 5 strikeouts in one inning for professional baseball. In 1997 he was an actor featured in the movie Major League 3 "Back to the minors". Currently Jason is coaching 17-18 select baseball for the Lakeside Industries team. He has been teaching private pitching lessons in the greater Seattle area for over 3 years. In 2009, he was the pitching coach at Mt. Si High School. Currently lives in North Bend, WA.