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Full Name:
 

Bruce Tyrone Maxwell III​

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Nicknames:

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“Baby Prince"

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Nickname given by Khris Davis. The Prince refers to former player Prince Fielder.

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Born:  
   

December 20, 1990

Wiesbaden, Germany

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Family:  

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Father: Bruce Jr.

Partner: His twitter profile picture is with a woman that appears to be his girlfriend (name not available)

He has a sister: Name not available

 

He was born on a U.S. military installation in Wiesbaden, Germany, while his father was stationed there.

 

His mother did an interview with Sports Illustrated however she refused to use her name out of fear. She noted that since her son took a knee during the national anthem (see below) she has been worried for her safety.

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School:  

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Sparkman High School, Alabama.

Mascot: Senators

Coach: Kellen Greer
 

Birmingham–Southern College, Alabama (Division III)

Panthers baseball

Coach: Matt Gelotti

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Baseball Related:

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2012 - Played for the Vermont Lake Monsters (New York-Pennsylvania League)
 

2012 - Drafted by the Oakland Athletics (2nd round).

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2016 - July 23rd - Major League debut with the Oakland Athletics.

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Extra:

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He was the first MLB player to join other US professional athletes and kneel during the national anthem (to protest racial injustice).

In the offseason he is a volunteer coach at Mountain Pointe High School in Phoenix.

 

2017 - He was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He allegedly pointed a gun at a female food delivery driver at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona. According to the police “a male subject that answered the door answered the door with no shirt on and gym shorts and he had a silver handgun in his hand, pointed at her head”. The delivery company is called Postmates food delivery (see picture).

 

After eating lunch in a restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama, Maxwell took to social media to say a waiter refused to serve him because of Maxwell’s political views. Matthew Henry, the waiter, came out after the incident and said that Maxwell is lying. According to the waiter, he had no idea who Maxwell was but that he attempted to order a beer with an invalid ID so beer could not be served. The waiter took to the news and has asked for a public apology.

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Sample Heckles:

 

Not available

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@bruu_truu13