This document introduces the Board of Directors of the Extra Innings Foundation, which includes current and former MLB players and coaches like Jerry Hairston Jr., Dusty Baker, and Ron Washington as well as educational administrators and ASU professors. The board members are described in brief bios highlighting their baseball careers and roles within the Extra Innings Foundation.
2. Jerry Hairston, Jr.
Co-Founder and Board Chair
Player, Los Angeles Dodgers
3rd Generation MLB Player
Grandson of Sam Hairston
Son of Jerry Hairston, Sr.
Brother to Scott Hairston (Mets)
Versatile player
Brings positive energy and strong
leadership skills to the team
Puts into daily practice his
grandfather Sams three success
strategies including staying focused,
improving every day, and not taking
anything for granted
3. Dusty Baker
Cincinnati Reds Manager
Played on the Atlanta Braves, Los
Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco
Giants, and the Oakland Athletics.
Three World Series with the Dodgers
and beat the New York Yankees in
1981 to win the World Championship.
Member of the United States Marine
Corps Reserves from 1969 to 1975.
In his first year as the Giants
manager, he won the National League
Manager of the Year award. His
Giants went on to win division titles
in 1997 and again in 2000; he also
earned Manager of the Year honors in
both of those years.
4. Jim Braden
Athletic Director, Dysart Unified
School District, Surprise, Arizona
Over 35 years as a teacher and
administrator
Arizona Interscholastic Association 3A
Athletic Director of the Year, National
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators
Association and National Federation
of High Schools Citation Award
Recipient, and Arizona Interscholastic
Administrators Association
Administrator of the Year
Born in San Francisco and raised in
northern California
The family resides in Phoenix, Arizona
5. Eric Farris
Player, Nashville Sounds (Triple-A
Brewers)
Creator, Extra Innings Foundation
Insiders Advantage Program
4th Round draft pick in 2007 out of
Loyola Marymount
Led the AZ 2010 Surprise Rafters
AZ Fall League .351 batting average
Strong leader who brings talent
and positive attitude to the team
Graduate of Hamilton High School,
Phoenix, AZ
6. Mike Guerrero
Manager, Nashville Sounds
(Triple-A Brewers)
Respected for his passion and
dedication to the game by many
of his teammates, colleagues, and
friends.
"I only know one way to play the
game, and it's 100 percent, says
Mike
Manager of the 2010 Arizona Fall
Leagues Surprise Rafters baseball
team
Resides with his wife and two
sons in Florida
7. Dan Merklinger
Pitcher, Huntsville Stars (Double-A
Brewers)
Sixth round draft choice in 2007 out
of Seton Hall University
Scholar-athlete who made the Big
East all-academic team
Has a killer curveball
Played for the Surprise Rafters in the
2010 AZ Fall League
Recently moved to Arizona
8. Dr. Lynn Miller
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona
State University
Former middle school classroom
teacher, and elementary school
assistant principal and principal
Presented at the 24th Cooperstown
Symposium
Resides in Surprise, Arizona with her
husband, Steve, and daughter,
Stephanie
9. Stephanie Miller
Community Relations Coordinator,
Arizona Rattlers
Student at Arizona State University
where she majors in business
communications
Interned with the Phoenix Suns
Served on the Baseball in the
Classroom: Strategies and Tactics, An
Open Forum Discussion at the 24th
Cooperstown Symposium
Played varsity volleyball in high school
Was a student in the International
Baccalaureate program
10. Ron Washington
Manager, Texas Rangers since 2007
Signed by the Kansas City Royals on
July 17, 1970.
In 2010, Washington's Rangers
advanced to their first World Series in
franchise history.
Third African-American to manage a
team into a World Series, joining Cito
Gaston, and fellow Extra Innings
Foundation Board Member Dusty
Baker, who managed the San
Francisco Giants into the 2002 World
Series
Ron lives with his wife, Jeri, in New
Orleans
11. The End
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