Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister worked professionally in baseball for over 30 years without ever taking an honest to goodness full-on family vacation. You know the kind. When you really disconnect, get away and have fun on a beach.
Oh, sure, Banister had been on a few hunting trips and fishing expeditions here and there, but nothing ever truly extravagant with the entire family, including daughter Alexandra and son Jacob.
That all changed in December, when TCU baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle and Banister's wife Karen convinced the skipper to finally let his crew cut down.