How did you first get interested in baseball and do you remember your first game either playing or watching?
Well, I got first involved in baseball probably going back in to the seventies going down with my father at the College World Series and down at Rosenblatt before they even had the bleachers down the left and right fields and you know the whole experience has just been a labor of love for me. So the experience is to me is all about the kids that are here and the kids who are playing for the love of the game for these universities because most of them won’t make it to the majors. Because when the kids go down today to the field play a little baseball on the field … this is … want to give something back to the kids and get them excited about baseball.
So, it’s really a lot about the kids and the community.
You probably have quite a few but your favorite baseball memories?
Well, my memories are sort of wholistic. I enjoy getting out to meet the coaches for teams and developing relationships with them.
I have relationships with some of the coaches and teams like Mike Martin who is coming back from Florida State this year. He is retiring. I have known him for thirty years.
Certainly there is a lot of remembrances Warren Morris home run at the bottom of the ninth when LSU won back twenty years ago with a walk off home run.
And I remember things like changes from Rosenblatt to TD Ameritrade Omaha and what we went through to get that done and take this event to the next level.
So I just remember how wonderful this has been for everybody who has played baseball and for the community.
Thank you
You are welcome. Thank you.
