Delino DeShields wears number 90 on the back of his jersey for the year he made his Major League debut with the Montreal Expos. He wound up playing 13 Major League seasons with five different clubs and retiring in 2002. He amassed 463 stolen bases, 31st on Major League Baseball’s all-time list since 1898. That’s when the current stolen base rule was implemented. 17 years later, he will step onto a Major League field again. He was hired as the Cincinnati Reds first base coach on November 28th to join new manager David Bell’s staff.
“I didn’t really get interviewed…I got a phone call from Dave (manager Davie Bell), he asked if I was interested and that was that,” said DeShields in a phone conversation.