He graduated from Providence College in 1993 and still holds several single-season and career records for the now-defunct Friars baseball team. Merloni was a replacement player during the 1994 Major League Baseball strike and is therefore barred from membership in the Major League Baseball Players Association. In the offseasons of 1996 and 1997, Merloni served as a substitute gym teacher at Framingham High School, were he attended high school Beginning in March 2008, Merloni began appearing on WEEI-AM's "Big Show" as a co-host.