Samuel "Sam" Babson Fuld (born November 20, 1981, in Durham, New Hampshire) is an American left-handed Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs.
Despite being afflicted with diabetes since the age of 10, Fuld began his baseball career by twice batting .600 in high school, during which time Baseball America ranked him 19th in the country. He then played college baseball at Stanford, where he was a perennial All American, set the schoo...
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Samuel "Sam" Babson Fuld (born November 20, 1981, in Durham, New Hampshire) is an American left-handed Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs.
Despite being afflicted with diabetes since the age of 10, Fuld began his baseball career by twice batting .600 in high school, during which time Baseball America ranked him 19th in the country. He then played college baseball at Stanford, where he was a perennial All American, set the school record for career runs scored, and set the College World Series record for career hits. Drafted by the Cubs in 2004, he made his major league debut in 2007, and became a fan favorite for his acrobatic defense.
Fuld is the son of Kenneth Fuld (Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Professor of Psychology at the University of New Hampshire) and (New Hampshire State Senator) Amanda Merrill.
He got his start playing baseball hitting wiffle balls with his grandmother when he was three years old. Instead of carrying around the typical...
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