I am extremely proud of my BIL, and very thankful for the work that he and his Company did over there. He worked on the construction of FOB Wolverine and FOB Delaram. I saw him while he was on leave in December, and he was doing great.
Last April, just prior to his deployment, he and I drove from Fort Knox to Dayton, Ohio to watch his cousin pitch opening day for the Dayton Dragons, the Single A Affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. His cousin is now the staff ace of the High A Lynchburg Hillcats.
Now that my BIL is back, I can start publicly keeping an eye on his cousin via this blog. Wade Boggs had fried chicken, Turk Wendell brushed his teeth between innings, and I never spoke of my BIL's cousin in the minor leagues. Just didn't want to jinx anything.
I'll start up soon on the followings of Matt Fairel. Does anyone know if he has a card?
Here are a few pictures of his tour and his home coming!
Welcome home Rob!!!!!
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Welcome home Rob! Thank you from all of us.
Welcome Home and Thank you!
awesome.
welcome home.
IF ANYONE DESERVES A BASEBALL CARD, IT'S ROB!
(I AM NOT YELLING... I PULLED MY CAPS LOCK MUSCLE THIS WEEKEND. OUCH.)
First, "Welcome home, Rob!"... :)
Second, I would have guessed that FSU would have put out some promo items (i.e., trading cards given away at a game), and still bet there are some of those (based on how good FSU's program is, and therefore how likely it is that they have a big fan base that attends games and would require a promotions dept.); that aside, a refined Google search (http://www.minorleaguenetwork.com/kettleers1234.htm) suggests that he does have at least one MiLB card out so far, and that these cards can also be purchased here (http://www.kettleers.org/index.htm - check midway down the page), if you can't trade the dude in the first link for some...
Again, glad Rob's back! (And, typo alert - Isn't it the 19th Eng.?)
19th Engineer Battalion - 15th Engineer Company
No typos!
Also, thank you to all who have left your thanks. I know it means a lot.
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