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American baseball player
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Male
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Birth:
13 November 1965(Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Robert Marcel Natal (born November 13, 1965 in Long Beach, California) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He is an alumnus of the University of California, San Diego.
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 13th round of the 1987 MLB amateur draft, Natal made his major league debut with the Montreal Expos on July 18, 1992, and appeared in his final game on September 26, 1997.
Natal was a member of the inaugural Florida Marlins team that began play in Major League Baseball in 1993 and won a World Series with the team in 1997.
He currently serves as the minor league catching instructor for the New York Mets.
Outside Baseball
He is said to be the originator of the texting acronym CTM = Chuckle to Myself