Brushing Shoulders With Baseball Players? [Stories, Soliloquies & Such]

[dubuque]

my assistant baseball coach played was drafted by the reds dusty rogers (1984) draft he spent 22 days at the mlb level

[BravesBoy]

Yes.

All three Drew brothers, Tim, JD, and Stephen. Got a couple of guys i grew up playing ball with; that are currently in the minors. Also had a hitting instructor who had a cup of tea in the majors but last i heard did some work down in the minors.

[Knight165]

Quote: Originally Posted by dubuque

my assistant baseball coach played was drafted by the reds dusty rogers (1984) draft he spent 22 days at the mlb level

If he builds a baseball field in one of those corn fields in Iowa(I'm looking at your little bio there)....I'M THERE!
I've always wanted to meet Shoeless Joe.

M.K.
Knight165

[travis72]

I personally don't know anyone that played but I used to play against a former MLB player in little league that I use to strike out regularly,lol. I personally know guys that made it to the minors and had tryouts with major league clubs though. 2 of them coached me in little league. One that went to my church and his daughter was my best friend had a tryout with the Tigers as a catcher. The other coach I had could have played in the majors as a catcher if it weren't for alcohol and drug abuse, he was really good. My wifes biological father played for the Iowa Cubs.

[theaub]

I used to go hit at a facility run by Rob Butler (won the WS with the Jays in '93), his brother Rich (played for the Jays/Rays), and Nigel Wilson (had some AB's in the bigs but was better known for winning a couple Silver Sluggers in Japan).

[pratojr79]

friends with Dave Edler, third baseman for the Matinees in the early 80's...fun fact: he is now the mayor of Yakima, WA.

[Skyboxer]

Scott Bullett OF (Pirates and Cubs)
Doug Creek LHP (Mulitple)

Played against when growing up (Little League and HS)
Both are great guys.

[PhillsPhan26]

Actually my Pop used to be the batboy for the Phills back in the mid to late 40's. Here are couple of pages I scanned from the scrapbook I got.

One pic if from when my Pop played for the House of David, I don't know if any of you know about that team but I believe it was a beard thing where all players wore beards. Another pic is with my Pop with his Phills hat and a few articles of when he used to play when he was in the Air Force. Another one is a clipping out of the news paper of Eddie Waitkus the player the movie "The Natural" was based after, well not based after but when the lady shot Hobbs in the hotel room, they used the story of Waitkus for that part of the movie. Last but not least this one I am kind of proud of, now I know it's not the most HR's in MLB history or the most hits but tjust to have my Pop some what in baseball history makes me proud. Anyway he was the first batboy ever to be tossed out of a MLB game.

I messaged Russell a photo of this and was going to see if maybe I can get my last name into next years game but I really didn't wanna pester him so maybe someone from SCEA will this and maybe put my last name in the game next year so I can recreate my Pop.