Thomas Anthony Dettore, Jr. (born November 17, 1947 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania

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) is a former Major League Baseball

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 pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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  and Chicago Cubs

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From -, Dettore was a pitching coach in the Pirates minor league system. He then became the Pirates minor league pitching coordinator. On January 13, , he was named the pitching coach for the Double-A West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx in the Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners

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 organization. After the 2009 season he was named the pitching coach for the Class-A Advanced High Desert Mavericks

High Desert Mavericks

The High Desert Mavericks are a minor league baseball team in Adelanto, California, USA. Their Major League parent club is the Seattle Mariners. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the California League and had been a farm team of the Kansas City Royals since 2005 before the switch...

 of the California League

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