Author: Don Muret

Pereira back at the ballpark

Tony Pereira has come full circle through his love of baseball and spring training. Pereira, a veteran stadium manager who spent 37 years with the Seattle Mariners, recently took the job of manager of operations and events for the Cactus League Baseball Association, a nonprofit committed to strengthening the spring training industry in Arizona, which is pegged as a $700 million economic driver annually for state tourism. Continue Reading Pereira back at the ballpark

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For college sports, it’s strictly business

“It was six degrees above zero,” DeWitt recalled. “I had no idea why I went to (Lawrence) with that kind of weather, but I did. The chancellor (Douglas Girod) gave me a tour of the football stadium built during World War I. He said, ‘We need to replace it.’ I said, ‘Weren’t you 1-11 last year, how the heck could you possibly do that?’ He hired me anyway.” Continue Reading For college sports, it’s strictly business

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