Detroit –— He never struck out, not once, in three years playing varsity baseball at Cuyahoga Heights High School.
And baseball was his second sport.
These are the types of things I remember about Flip Saunders. His life was a collection of amazing accomplishments and fortuitous connections — and almost non-stop winning.
He led the state of Ohio in scoring his senior season, averaging 32 points a game. He was the state’s Class A player of the year. He went to the University of Minnesota, started 101 of 103 games. Played alongside the likes of Kevin McHale, Ray Williams, Mychal Thompson and Tony Dungy.