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American baseball player and analyst

Ronald Bryan Coomer (born November 18, 1966), nicknamed "Coom Dawg", is an American former first baseman and third baseman in Major League Baseball and the current color analyst and play by play broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs radio on WSCR 670 AM. Coomer had a nine year major league career from to playing for the Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He was elected to the American League All Star team in 1999 while with the Twins. During his baseball career he opened up a baseball facility in Orland Park, Illinois, called C. F. Swingtown Baseball Academy, which is no longer owned by Coomer.

Coomer was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 14th round of the 1987 amateur draft. After one season, he was released by the A's. He was signed by the Chicago White Sox on March 18, 1991. In 1993, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Isidro Márquez. After two seasons in the minors, Coomer was traded to the Minnesota Twins with Greg Hansell and José Parra for Mark Guthrie and Kevin Tapani. Coomer spent five seasons with the Twins, with whom he made the All Star team in 1999. After the emergence of third baseman Corey Koskie, Coomer began to lose playing time. In his last year as a Twin, 2000, Koskie started the majority of the games at third and Coomer was shifted to first base. In 2001, Coomer signed a free agent contract with the Chicago Cubs. He hit .261/.316/.390 in his only year in Chicago before becoming a free agent. He is partnered with longtime broadcaster Pat Hughes.