Bench coach Kirk Gibson fields a question while sporting his new
Albion hat.
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by Gary Shrewsbury |
Tiger Ball
Detroit Tigers
Visit Albion College
Posted January 31, 2005
The business of baseball, from fielding
grounders to running a multimillion-dollar enterprise, was the focus of
a recent Albion College visit made by Detroit Tigers ballplayers and
their coaches, general manager and CFO.
Students from Albion's Washington Gardner Middle School and
Albion High School enjoyed the chance to learn more about
the Tigers, via a lively question-and-answer session in the
College's Herrick Theatre. Tiger players also stressed
the importance of education for all future careers,
including professional sports.
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Tigers players met with Albion College
baseball and softball team members and coaching staffs, then later
hosted an educational and Q&A session with Albion schoolchildren.
Later on, members of the College's Carl A.Gerstacker Institute for
Professional Management had their turn at bat, with Tigers president and
general manager Dave Dombrowski and CFO Steve Quinn, '89. The
discussion covered challenges and careers in sports administration.
Several members of the Tigers team and coaching staff met with
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Albion College student Chris Terry, who
completed a Gerstacker internship with the Tigers this past fall, helped
organize the Tigers' visit and was pleased with its success.
"Everything went off very smoothly, and It was a great opportunity for
the campus and community, to meet the team," says Terry, who plays
infield on Albion's baseball team. Terry notes that Dombrowski
"was impressed with the depth of the questions that came from the
Gerstacker students. He really enjoyed his discussion with them;
he said it was something that he doesn't get to talk about every day."
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