jumped in front of a moving truck, and "the truck went between their legs". The Padres wound up winning the game 6-3 to reach the World Series for the first time ever. The Cubs had won the first 2 games of the series (1984 marked the last time that the League Championship Series was a best-of-five series) over the Padres. Incidentally, Durham went 3-for-20 in the NLCS, garnering two of his three hits in the final two games on home runs (his shot in Game 4 had given the Cubs a 3-2 lead). In 1993, Durham played for the then Northern League's Saint Paul Saints. Coaching career Durham previously served as the hitting coach for the Detroit Tigers' Triple-A affiliate the Toledo Mud Hens. On October 21, 2016, he was named the assistant hitting coach of the Detroit Tigers, after 17 seasons as a coach with the Mud Hens. Durham is presently in his second year as the hitting coach for the Louisville Bats the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. In other media Durham had a supporting role as Leon Alexander, a member of the Minnesota Twins, in the film Little Big League. Durham appears briefly in the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off. He is the first baseman in the sequence where Braves outfielder Claudell Washington hits a foul ball caught by the eponymous character. References External links 1957 births Living people African-American baseball coaches African-American baseball players American expatriate baseball players in Canada American expatriate baseball players in Mexico American sportspeople in doping cases Arkansas Travelers players Baseball coaches from Ohio Baseball players from Cincinnati Baseball players suspended for drug offenses Chicago Cubs players Cincinnati Reds players Detroit Tigers coaches Gastonia Cardinals players Gulf Coast Cardinals players Louisville Redbirds players Major League Baseball first basemen Mexican League baseball players Minor league baseball coaches National League All-Stars Olmecas de Tabasco players St. Louis Cardinals players St. Paul Saints players St. Petersburg Cardinals players Reales de San Luis Potosí players Salinas Spurs players Silver Slugger Award winners Springfield Redbirds players Vancouver Canadians players Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) alumni 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American sportspeople