Connecticut's Matt Barnes: Five things to know about Red Sox reliever, Bethel native

He used to wear a black-and-tan Rawlings Derek Jeter baseball glove as a kid, and tried to emulate Jeter’s signature move. Probably the first time I ever saw him do the jump-throw, me and all my friends were down at the park trying to do the exact same thing,” Barnes told Hearst Connecticut Media during his rookie season of 2014. Barnes, who also played basketball at Bethel High, was a Class L All-State selection in baseball as a senior before moving on to pitch at UConn.

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