In 2003, Ron Coomer was a 36-year-old corner infielder hobbling through his final season and “stealing money” from the Dodgers. That doesn’t mean he wasn’t able to make an impact, though. Manager Jim Tracy asked Coomer and Robin Ventura, by then a similarly diminished veteran with a similar penchant for piracy, to show their rookie catcher around and teach him what it was like to be a big leaguer. The name of that guileless youngster: David Wade Ross.
Gosh, kind of lot’s changed since then, huh?
Coomer shared this and more while appearing as the main speaker at Butler University’s First Pitch dinner, a fundraiser for the baseball team.