Yaconetti Sign With Saltdogs for 2006 Season

LINCOLN, Neb. - Lincoln Saltdogs third baseman Jay Yaconetti, acquired last August, will be back for the 2006 season.

Yaconetti, a native of Gilbert, AZ, was acquired in a trade with the Surprise Falcons of the Golden Baseball League last season where he was named to the All-Star Team. In 2005 for Lincoln, Yaconetti batted .229 avg. with 3 HR's and 15 RBI in 32 games.

Yaconetti, 23, will begin his third season of professional baseball in 2006. He originally signed as a nondrafted free agent with Minnesota Twins organization in 2004 after a collegiate career spent at Central Arizona College, the University of Oklahoma and the University of New Orleans. He spent the 2004 season with the Elizabethtown Twins (Class A) of the Appalachian League.

The Lincoln Saltdogs, a charter member of the American Association of Independent League Professional Baseball, will begin their sixth season of professional baseball in May 2006 when they open the season at Pensacola.

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