High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Todd Anthony "Moose" Linden (born June 30, 1980 in Edmonds, Washington) is an outfielder in the Pacific League for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles organization.Before being drafted by the San Francisco Giants, he attended Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington and played collegiate baseball at the University of Washington. After a tumultuous two years at Washington, Linden transferred to Louisiana State University, where he played Center Field. At LSU, Linden distinguished himself as a switch hitter by setting a Southeastern Conference record for games in a season with home runs hit from both sides of the plate. Nicknamed "Moose" by his Scranton Wilkes-Barre Yankees teammates after a horrible offensive showing in Charlotte, where he was visibly frustrated by a Charlotte Knights fan in the front row who berated him with moose references.