 john loy rocker (born october 17, 1974) is a retired american major league baseball relief pitcher who played for the atlanta braves, the cleveland indians, the texas rangers, and the tampa bay devil rays as well as the long island ducks of the independent atlantic league of professional baseball. he threw left-handed and batted right-handed. rocker is a native of macon, georgia and lives in atlanta. ==baseball career== john rocker was a star pitcher for first presbyterian day school in macon, georgia."call this school rockerville: battle of the decade: braves vs. yankees , the atlanta journal-constitution, october 26, 1999. accessed november 8, 2007. "in jim turner's worn leather wallet is a ticket stub from john rocker's first game in a braves uniform, from spring training on march 1, 1998. "i carry it around just to remind me that dreams can happen," says turner, rocker's old high school baseball coach at first presbyterian day school." rocker threw three no-hitters during his high-school career. he was soon drafted by the atlanta braves in the 18th round (516th overall) of the 1993 major league baseball draft. in 1998, he was promoted to the major league club. in rocker's first season in the major leagues, he was 1â3 with a 2.13 era in 38 innings pitched. the following year, an injury put atlanta closer kerry ligtenberg on the dl, moving rocker into the role of closer, where he was 4â5 with 38 saves and a 2.49 era. in 2000, he was 1â2 with 24 saves, posting a 2.89 era, but in june 2000, rocker was demoted for threatening a reporter.{{cite news|title=braves pitcher john rocker demoted to minors, fined after threatening reporter at atlanta game|newspaper=[[jet (magazine)|jet
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