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Scott Spiezio is a two-time World Series champion and former Major League Baseball player who spent 12 seasons with the Oakland Athletics, Anaheim Angels, Seattle Mariners, and St. Louis Cardinals. He is the only father-son duo to win a World Series ring with the same organization (St. Louis Cardinals). An All-American at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the school's career home run leader, Spiezio is best known for his pivotal home run in Game 6 of the 2002 World Series that helped lead the Angels to their first championship. He was a 2002 nominee for Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award and has been inducted into the Joliet Area Sports Hall of Fame, University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame, Morris High School Hall of Fame, and the Illinois Sports Hall of Fame. He lives in Morris, Illinois, where he coaches upcoming baseball and softball players in his sports facility.
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