Clay threw a no-hitter for the Red Sox in his second-ever start. Our first big claim-to-fame player was Clay Bucholtz, who was with us in our inaugural season, 2006. But, Greenville has hosted her share of those. No, I’m not just talking about the players who made it to the big league. I especially enjoyed Myron Noodleman (played by the Uncle of Bill Hader), Reggy The Purple Party Dude, and the Zoo!perstars, who you may remember from season 5 of “America’s Got Talent.” One of their characters, Mackerel Jordan, (see what they did there?) took a huge bite out of JDew once, and had all the fans in stitches. Several times each year, we’d invite traveling entertainers to be a part of our entertainment. There’s no better combination than Neil Diamond, JDew, and all the fans yelling “so good, So Good, SO GOOD!” It’s funny to think that the song never got old for us. Any beantown Baseball fan knows what’s coming over the loudspeakers in the middle of the eighth inning. Here’s a picture with “Radio,” who was played by Cuba Gooding, Jr., who said “play ball!” for us a few times.Įvery. Governor, school board officials, recently ousted reality TV contestants, and even the occasional terminally ill child were some of our honored guests. The scouts, business leaders, service men and women, graduating seniors, the Lt. I feel as though I got to meet and talk with everyone in the State. The memories from these are literally endless.īefore each game, friends in the community are always invited to join the players and JDew’s crew on the field to start a baseball game. A 70-game season has over 1100 of them! I filled them with home-run derby, tug-o-war, musical chairs, dance battles, giveaways, races, and the infamous dizzy bat spin. My bread-and-butter were the between inning breaks. Note: I still never eaten a ballpark hotdog! We changed it up between ballpark dogs and ribs throughout the years. Every year, the Greenville Drive held our version of the Independence Day hot dog eating contest everyone watches on ESPN. The contests we constructed were a big part of that. I often told people that my job was to help people who didn’t care for baseball to have the best time possible. Some of the major fun in the minor leagues are the crowd engagement pieces. Right before he announced his bid for the presidency in 2008, McCain came through and we went on-camera to talk about his favorite Southern foods, among other things. I’ve gotten to see several famous big league ballplayers, like Roger Clemens, John Smoltz, and Jim Rice, but, also, folks like Dan Marino, Bubba Watson, Evander Holyfield, and John McCain. Over the course of 10+ years, many celebrities have come to visit. Here’s the pics that I found in the vault. If monitoring reveals possible evidence of criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to Law Enforcement Personnel.Īnyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring.As baseball begins its twelfth season in downtown Greenville this week, I took a trip down memory lane thinking about what I’ll miss most after 10+ years as the “Director of Fun” for the Greenville Drive baseball club. Such monitoring may result in the acquisition, recording, and analysis of all data being communicated, transmitted, processed, or stored in this system by a user. This system and equipment are subject to monitoring to ensure proper performance of applicable security features or procedures. Unauthorized access, use, misuse, or modification of this computer system or of the data contained herein or in transit to/from this system constitutes a violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1030, and may subject the individual to Criminal and Civil penalties pursuant to Title 26, United States Code, Sections 7213, 7213A (the Taxpayer Browsing Protection Act), and 7431. Government information, which is restricted to authorized users ONLY. and South Carolina Employment and Workforce Law, S.C. Unauthorized access, use, misuse, or modification of this computer system or the data contained herein or in transit to/from this system may constitute a violation of state law including, but not limited to, the South Carolina Computer Crime Act, S.C. The system and data are restricted to authorized users only. This system contains State Government information.
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