A former Arizona Diamondbacks player passed away suddenly at the age of 43, the team announced Friday.
Sean Burroughs died on Thursday while coaching the Little League game of his son.
He was a Little League hero himself before joining Long Beach and San Diego in the 90s.
The late player won a gold medal with Team USA during the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia.
Burroughs also played for the Tampa Bay Rays and the Minnesota Twins before retiring in 2012.
“Sean Burroughs was a legend in LBLL and the baseball community for winning back-to-back Little League World Series Championships for LBLL in 1992 and 1993,” LBLL President and Board of Directors said in a statement.
“While he left LB to play for several clubs in the MLB, he returned to his home fields at Stearns Champion Park to coach his son.”
“I have had the privilege of coaching with Sean for the past two years and he always came with a fun es’ friendly attitude the kids were drawn to, a wealth of baseball knowledge that could get any kid out of a battling rut and humility worth emulating.”
“To say this is a huge loss is an understatement.”
