Matt Erickson
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"Matthew Erickson" is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for the Milwaukee Brewers in . He is now manager (baseball)/manager of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Class A affiliate of the Brewers.

Erickson played collegiate baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks/University of Arkansas. He was drafted by the Florida Marlins in the 7th round of the 1997 Major League Baseball Draft, and later signed on December 19, , as a minor league free agent with the Milwaukee Brewers after spending several seasons in the minor leagues within the Florida Marlins organization.

Erickson was called up to the Brewers in 2004 where he played in 4 games, and went 1 for 6 with a base Hit (baseball)/hit against Greg Maddux. On June 25, , Erickson was released by the Brewers and signed with the Marlins on August 5, 2005. On February 8, , Erickson signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Erickson became a free agent after the season.

On December 3, , Erickson was named the hitting coach for the Low-A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. In January 2011, he was selected to manage the Timber Rattlers in 2011.

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We had some good players and we knew that we could [have a great season], but I don't think we knew we could do it this good. The potential was there. We just had to find it, I guess.

It was big, very big. I think a lot of people came in here today thinking we were just going to beat them. Anything can happen in baseball. To come back from that deficit was big for us. I think it was a good kick in our rear end.