Official Site of the Shockers · Feb 2, 2025
RH: "I Knew There Was Something Different"
Mike Sweeney By Paul Suellentrop
The list of First Pitch Banquet speakers is noteworthy – former Royals star George Brett, former Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda (twice), former LSU coach Skip Bertman and Jim Hendry, former Creighton coach and Cubs general manager, among them.
Fine speakers, all, with loads of baseball wisdom and stories.
None, however, used a picture of a bison covered in snow or detailed the root system of sequoias to illustrate his points. It's likely none insisted on flying commercial and delayed his wife's birthday celebration to speak to Shocker fans.