in the second inning. McDonald again played centerfield for the Australian Olympic baseball team in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney batting .304 with 1 HR. McDonald along with Michael Nakamura were the only two baseball players from the 1996 Australian Olympic team who played on the 2000 Australian Olympic team. With McDonald's home run at the Sydney Olympics he was the first Australian to hit home runs in consecutive Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000. Independent baseball In 2000 Grant played independent professional baseball with the Cook County Cheetahs in the Frontier League in the USA. McDonald played centerfield and batted a respectable .301 in 45 games. References 1973 births Living people Australian expatriate baseball players in the United States Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Brisbane Bandits players Cook County Cheetahs players Olympic baseball players of Australia Australian baseball players Baseball players from Brisbane