This is the second in a four-part series on the 2021 Louisiana Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Wednesday: Phil Devey
Paul Bako's 12 years in major league baseball were memorable for many different reasons.
The Lafayette native and UL standout played for two of the top managers in baseball history, Bobby Cox and Dusty Baker. He was in the dugout watching teammate Sammy Sosa's 500th home run, and later had the same view of teammate Ken Griffey Jr.'s 600th.
He caught Greg Maddux's 250th and 300th victories with the Atlanta Braves. He was in the National League Championship Series with the Chicago Cubs, five outs away from the World Series, before the infamous Steve Bartman incident.