"Ralph Norman "Rocket" Wheeler" is a former minor league infielder and the current minor league Manager (baseball)/manager for the Rookie class Gulf Coast Braves. Wheeler attended the University of Houston where he obtained his nickname "Rocket" for his speed and hustle.

Wheeler was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. He played in the Blue Jays farm system until 1982, including stints with the Florence Blue Jays and the Kinston Eagles. He was honored by the Kinston Indians by being inducted into the List of Kinston baseball people#Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame/Kinston Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

He stayed with the Blue Jays system when he began his managerial career in 1985. He managed the Medicine Hat Blue Jays, the GCL Blue Jays, the St. Catharines Stompers, the Dunedin Blue Jays, and the Tennessee Smokies. After the 2002 season, Wheeler was let go by the Toronto front office, and he moved over to the Atlanta Braves farm system managing the Rome Braves (2003–05) and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (2006-2010). On November 18, 2010, Wheeler was named the manager of the Mississippi Braves.

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All four of those guys can play all three outfield positions.

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This could be a very good staff. These guys were steady all year.

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Right now, it's just working squads because there's so many guys over with the big club. They're getting their at-bats in, getting their innings in. Then, in the last two or three days, we'll do the teams.

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If he pitches up, he's going to get hit.

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