John Martin Kruk is a former Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player and current baseball analyst for ESPN

ESPN

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Kruk was raised in Keyser

Keyser, West Virginia

Keyser is a city in and the county seat of Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,303 at the 2000 census.- History :...

, West Virginia

West Virginia

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. He played baseball at Keyser High School

Keyser High School

Keyser High School is a high school located south of Keyser, West Virginia with an enrollment of more than 800 students from southern Mineral County, WV. The school's fight song is sung to the tune of Anchors Aweigh.-History:...

, at Potomac State College

Potomac State College of West Virginia University

Potomac State College of West Virginia University is a two-year junior college affiliated as a division of West Virginia University. West Virginia's only residential junior college, it is located in Keyser, approximately away from WVU's main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States...

, and at Allegany Community College

Allegany College of Maryland

Allegany College of Maryland is a two-year public community college located in Cumberland, Maryland. It was previously known as Allegany Community College .- History :...

, where Kruk played for Junior College Hall of Fame Coach Steve Bazarnic. Kruk was the first Major Leaguer to come out of Allegany and has since been followed by four others: (Stan Belinda

Stan Belinda

Stanley Peter Belinda is a former Major League Baseball player. A right-handed relief pitcher who batted from the right side, Belinda is 6'3" tall and weighs 187 pounds. He pitched from a three-quarters arm slot and threw both a regular low-90's fastball and a split-fingered fastball...

, Steve Kline, Joe Beimel

Joe Beimel

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 and Scott Seabol

Scott Seabol

Scott Anthony Seabol is a Major League Baseball player who is currently a free agent. He made his major league debut on April 8, , with the New York Yankees, but only for a single game. After a short time in the Milwaukee Brewers farm system, he signed with the St...

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Kruk signed as a #3 Special Draft selection on June 13, 1981 with scout Hank Zacharias.