Ray Navarrete walks into The Cove wearing a casual, blue button-down shirt, jeans and a black “DIGMI” baseball cap. With a Starbucks coffee in hand, he pulls out a Mac laptop plastered in stickers from various companies.
Navarrete looks like your typical college student. But he’s not.
The 37-year-old is a former Seton Hall baseball player who went on to play professionally and is now back in South Orange to complete his Bachelor’s degree. Navarrete started his career in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ organization, which is where he earned the nickname “Digmi.”
He then went on to join the Houston Astros’ and New York Mets’ organizations, making it as high as Triple-A with the latter.