Jared Theodorakos
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Jared G. Theodorakos is a professional baseball
Baseball
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 player. A left-handed pitcher
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 who bats from the left side, he has a listed height of 6'3" and a listed weight of 240 pounds.

Baseball career

Theodorakos attended Baylor University
Baylor University
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, and he played on their baseball team for five seasons, from 1999 through 2004. On February 18, 2002, the Big 12 Conference
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 named him co-Player of the Week. The Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
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 selected him in the 49th round of the 2002 draft
2002 Major League Baseball Draft
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, but he elected not to sign and returned to school. The Milwaukee Brewers
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 selected him in the 25th round the next year
2003 Major League Baseball Draft
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, watched his performance through the 2004 college season, and then signed him as a "draft and follow" on June 2.

The Brewers started him out at their rookie-level affiliate in Helena, Montana
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, but he left the club at the end of June to take a spot on the Greek
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 national team and compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

. 22 of the 24 players on the squad were, like Theodorakos, American
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 players of Greek ancestry. Theodorakos was the starter in the team's second game, pitching six innings in a 5-4 loss to Cuba
Cuba
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, the defending silver medalist who would go on to win the gold in 2004. He also started Greece's game against Italy
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on August 21. He was not as successful in that game, surrendering five earned runs in only three innings of work, but Greece rallied to take the lead in the seventh inning and ultimately notched its only win of the tournament.

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