Tom Burgmeier, born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in nearby St. Cloudm, was an excellent high school athlete. Along with baseball, he competed in wrestling and ice hockey. He led his high school baseball team, Cathedral High, to the 1961 Minnesota State baseball championship. Bugmeier was selected by Kansas City with the 47th pick of the 1968 expansion draft and spent five years with the Royals. Tom was very gracious with his time as we talked about a little bit of everything in an interesting and fascinating look at the life of a baseball lifer.
BL: Coming out of high school, did you envision yourself having a 17-year major league career?