Saltdogs Sign Underwood

LINCOLN, Neb. * The Lincoln Saltdogs have signed Dan Underwood to a contract for the 2006 season.

Underwood, a native of Bedford, IN, was acquired by the Saltdogs in the second half of the 2005 season from the Joliet Jackhammers in a trade for infielder Jason Corapci. In 39 games for Lincoln, as an outfielder and backup catcher, Underwood batted .282 avg. with 3 HR's and 20 RBI. He set a franchise record for home runs in a single game with 3 against Joliet at Silver Cross Field, in Joliet, on August 14th.

Underwood, 24, will begin his third season of professional baseball in 2006. He signed as a nondrafted free agent by the Colorado Rockies organization in 2003 after playing college baseball at Purdue University.

The Lincoln Saltdogs, members of the American Association of Independent League Professional Baseball, will begin their sixth season of professional baseball in May 2006.

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