Michael Malloy Colbern (April 19, 1955 – March 8, 2019) was an American professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Chicago White Sox in the 1978 and 1979 seasons. Career Colbern was born in Santa Monica, California. Before playing professional baseball, Colbern was an All-American at Arizona State University. On June 18, 1976, Arizona State, then ranked #1, faced second ranked Arizona in the college world series. Arizona State was favored to win, because the top half of their line up, one that would include Colbern and future Dodgers outfielder Ken Landreaux was batting over .300. Behind the hitting of Ron Hassey and pitching of Steve Powers, Arizona pulled off the upset, 5–1. Colbern was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 5th round of the 1973 MLB amateur draft out of Hawthorne High School. Colbern opted not to sign with Kansas City and instead chose to attend Arizona State. Colbern was an All-American as an outfielder. In his college career he was a career .352 hitter. In 1976, he had what might have been his best season, hitting 11 home runs while batting .361 with 78 RBIs. The Chicago White Sox drafted Colbern in 1976 in the second round of the MLB draft. Colbern made his way through the White Sox minor league system, was batting .283 with 12 home runs and 44 runs batted in when he was called up by Chicago. He made his MLB debut on July 18, 1978, against the Milwaukee Brewers, going 1 for 4. Perhaps one of his best games occurred on September 13, 1979, when his two-run triple helped Chicago defeat the California Angels 11–5. He struggled, however, otherwise throughout the year and was sent down to the minors and never again played in the major leagues. On December 31, 1981, the White Sox traded Colbern to the Atlanta Braves for journeyman minor league pitcher Butch Edge. He played one season in the Braves minor league system, splitting his time between Triple-A Richmond and Double-A Savannah. he was released at the end of the season, ending his professional career. Though at his career in the majors, Colbern played both outfield and catcher and even a couple of games as a DH. Though Colbern's stay in the majors was short, he was in the lineup for one of the biggest fiascoes in baseball history "Disco Demolition Night". The