Ken Levine is an Emmy winning writer/director/producer/ and part-time major league baseball announcer. Among shows he has been associated with are M*A*S*H, Cheers, Frasier, The Simpsons, Wings, Everybody Loves Raymond and Dharma & Greg. As the baseball season ends he writes an Open Letter to Seattle. I loved this story.
Another sensational rookie story is Steve Delebar. A former lower-minor league pitcher, he broke his elbow two years ago and was out of baseball. He became a substitute high school teacher in Kentucky. He discovered a program that would help add to your velocity and recommended it to the high school baseball team. He started the program himself and pretty soon was throwing 95 miles an hour. So he went to a tryout, got signed by the Mariners, worked his way up the minors, and made it to the major leagues. And last Wednesday beat the Yankees. He’s just like Dennis Quaid in THE ROOKIE but better. He doesn’t have to pay alimony to Meg Ryan.