KALAMAZOO, Mich. – The ninth annual Western Michigan Baseball Leadoff Dinner is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Cityscape Event Center in downtown Kalamazoo with keynote speaker Rich Donnelly.
Hear the emotional and inspiring story of longtime MLB third base coach Rich Donnelly, whose daughter passed away at 17 years old but delivered a powerful message that shaped the rest of his career.
Donnelly spent 34 seasons as a third base coach in the MLB for seven different teams and earned a World Series ring with the Florida Marlins in 1997. Most notably Donnelly was the right-hand man to hall of fame manager Jim Leyland who he spent 14 seasons with on three different organizations.