James Joseph Merritt (December 9, 1943 Altadena, CA - ) was a pitcher who had an 11 year career from 1965 to 1975. He played for the Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers both of the American League and the Cincinnati Reds of the National League. Altadena is a census-designated place located in Los Angeles County, California. ... A baseball pitcher delivers the ball to home plate In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitchers mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter who attempts to either make contact with it or draw a... The Minnesota Twins are a Major League Baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ... The Texas Rangers are a Major League Baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ...
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JimMerritt directs the glass shop, crafting one-of-a-kind flasks and translating researchers diagrams into working apparatus.
Merritts title is "director of the glass shop," but for 38 years he has been a glassblower.
Blowing air through a long rubber tube attached to the piece he is working on, Merritt flips the almost-liquid glass over and over in the oxygen and natural gas flame, distributing the heat evenly to avoid creating thin spots.
Merritt earned his J.D. from the University of South Carolina, where he was a member of the Society of the Wig and Robe and the South Carolina Law Review.
Merritt clerked for the Honorable Charles E. Simons, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina.
Merritt is admitted to practice before all South Carolina state and federal courts.