In late May 2007, after he played his final game for Virginia Tech and about a week before the Colorado Rockies drafted him in the 38th round, infielder Warren Schaeffer walked into coach Pete Hughes’ office with a thoughtful gift.
It was a CD of Bob Dylan’s classic album “Blood on the Tracks.” Hughes remembers the gesture as if it happened yesterday.
“People say I’m an old soul because I listen to Bob Dylan,” said Hughes, now the head coach at Kansas State. “Well, Warren’s an old soul because he listens to Dylan, too.
“Warren’s a Renaissance man.