Who is Gerrit Coles wife Amy Crawford?
BASEBALL player Gerrit Cole has been in the news thanks to a crackdown on pitcher-friendly foreign substances allegedly used by some Major League Baseball athletes. Cole, 30, is a pitcher for the New York Yankees and is married to Amy Crawford, who is an accomplished athlete in her own right. Crawford, 32, is married to Cole and has been since November 2016. Crawford is a recruiting manager at Essex Mortgage and a career coach at Athletes to Careers, according to FanBuzz. But she was previously an accomplished softball player and won the Womens College World Series with the UCLA Bruins. Crawford and Cole started dating after they met at the University of California, Los Angeles. Cole attended college on a baseball scholarship and played for the team there, becoming a member of the 2009 United States collegiate national baseball team. He also competed in the 2010 World University Baseball Championship. Crawford also attended UCLA and the two announced their engagement in July 2015, just a few years after they both would have graduated. The couple shares one child together. They welcomed their son, Caden Gerrit Cole, on June 30, 2020. Cole shared a photo of his son that July on Instagram, and one other photo of the baby boy on his account since. All MLB pitchers may now be checked repeatedly and randomly by umpires for foreign substances, according to ESPN. Apparently, Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson publicly questioned if Cole was trying to hide using grip aids such as a mixture of rosin and sunscreen in order to not be caught during the crackdown after his pitches weren't rotating as much, the outlet reported. So Cole was asked Tuesday during a press videoconference whether or not he has ever used a sticky paste called Spider Tack, and replied, "I don't ... I don't know ... I don't quite know how to answer that, to be honest.  "There are customs and practices that have been passed down from older players to younger players, from the last generation of players to this generation of players, and I think there are some things that are certainly out of bounds in that regard, he added. "This is important to a lot of people who love the game, including the players in this room, including fans, including teams, so if MLB wants to legislate some more stuff, that's a conversation that we can have.  Most read in Sport PAUL OF DUTY Logan Paul calls out more stars after Miami showdown with Floyd Mayweather HERE WE GO AGAIN The fight between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter explained Pictured CAB CARTED OFF Angel Cabrera cuffed as golf icon is extradited to Argentina to face charges NO JOKE Fury as sports commentator threatens to choke his female co-host live on air MIKE DROP Mike Tyson training for second comeback fight in September, reveals coach Live Blog COLOMBIA VS ARGENTINA Colombia 2 Argentina 2: Muriel and Borja shock Messi's Albiceleste  Because ultimately we should all be pulling in the same direction on this." Cole defended himself and said hes just not quite bringing out my best delivery.  We're trying to get better this week and put in the work, and I'll be as prepared as I possibly can for my next start, he said.