{"id":1805712,"date":"2023-01-14T10:20:29","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T15:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1805712"},"modified":"2023-01-14T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T15:25:04","slug":"former-mlb-outfielder-and-coach-lee-tinsley-dead-at-53","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-mlb-outfielder-and-coach-lee-tinsley-dead-at-53\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MLB Outfielder and Coach Lee Tinsley Dead at 53"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-mlb-outfielder-and-coach-lee-tinsley-dead-at-53%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1805712&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball<\/a> On Thursday, Lee Tinsley, a 53-year-old player, died.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Tinsley died in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottsdale, Ariz.,<\/a> His three children survived him.<\/p>\n<p>Tinsley was an outfielder during his five years in the major leagues. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/seattle-mariners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle Mariners<\/a> Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tinsley&#8217;s death was confirmed by the Mariners as well as the Reds, although no cause of death has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/all-30-triple-a-teams-to-implement-electronic-strike-zone-this-season-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ALL 30 TRIPLE-A TEAMS TO IMPLEMENT ELECTRONIC STRIKE ZONE THIS SEASON: REPORT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-309792.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Lee Tinsley #5 of the Montreal Expos looks on during a spring training game against the St. Louis Cardinals at the Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Florida, on Feb. 28, 1998.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Lee Tinsley #5 (Montreal Expos) watches from the stands during a spring-training game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Jupiter&#8217;s Roger Dean Stadium on Feb. 28, 1998.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Matthew Stockman\/Allsport)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Mariners tweeted this: &#8220;We are saddened by the passing of former player and first base coach Lee Tinsley, and extend our condolences to his family and loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/dodgers-announce-unconditional-release-trevor-bauer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>DODGERS MAKE UNCONDITIONAL RELEASES OF TREVOR BAUER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-51688732.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Lee Tinsley of the Boston Red Sox is safe at home on a Mo Vaughn sacrifice fly against catcher Jorge Fabregas of the California Angels in the first inning 08 June at Fenway Park.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Lee Tinsley of Boston Red Sox is secure at home on Mo Vaughn&#8217;s sacrifice fly against Jorge Fabregas (California Angels) in the first inning of 08 June at Fenway Park.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(JOHN MOTTERN\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reds also shared condolences on Twitter: &#8220;The Reds mourn the loss of Lee Tinsley. \u2018We are sad to hear of Lee\u2019s passing,\u2019 VP\/GM Nick Krall said of Tinsley, who was the Reds\u2019 assistant hitting coach for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. \u2018Our thoughts are with his family and friends, inside and outside the game.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Tinsley spent some time with the Minor Leagues after his MLB career ended. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/los-angeles-angels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Angels<\/a> Montreal Expos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also played in both the Mexican League, and the Western Baseball League.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1304098421.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Lee Tinsley #29 of the Boston Red Sox looks on before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles on June 25, 1995, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Lee Tinsley #29 from the Boston Red Sox watches before a baseball match against the Baltimore Orioles. June 25, 1995 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore, Maryland.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Mitchell Layton\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO GET FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tinsley was a coach for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arizona Diamondbacks<\/a>, Chicago Cubs, Angels, Mariners and Reds\u2019 organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Tinsley was 11th overall in round one of the 1987 amateur draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/oakland-athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Athletics<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Major League Baseball On Thursday, Lee Tinsley, a 53-year-old player, died.\u00a0 Tinsley died in Scottsdale, Ariz., His three children survived him. Tinsley was an outfielder during his five years in the major leagues. Seattle Mariners Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies\u00a0 Tinsley&#8217;s death was confirmed by the Mariners as well as the Reds, although &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1805715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,4024,3642,6476,12138,14889,3819,14888],"class_list":["post-1805712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-coach","tag-dead","tag-lee","tag-mlb","tag-outfielder","tag-report","tag-tinsley"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1805712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1805712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1805715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1805712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1805712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1805712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}