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Atlanta Braves Add Chad Rogers

According to the MiLB website the Atlanta Braves obtained Chad Rogers from Cincinnati Friday.

Chad Rogers is a 27 year old, 5’11” 205 pound RHP from Galveston, Texas, The Cincinnati Reds selected Rogers in the 28th round of the 2010 draft and then the story gets interesting

Three weeks after being drafted he went surfing off the coast near Galveston and was bitten by a shark.

“I went out there, paddled out and was sitting on my board after catching a wave,” Rogers said. “Next thing I knew, something was tugging at my foot and it happened to be a shark.