![]() Following the auction, participants hit the poker and craps tables, with Gary Fiscus, Tom Gertner and Ron Miles acting as dealers. ![]() Event supporters included 19 table and ticket sponsors, eight monetary donors, 21 silent auction donors and 10 live auction donors. Tricia Michael struggles to keep a cooler raised as auctioneer Lloyd Michael expounds upon the item’s many virtues during the CineMagic fundraiser live auction. Strode serves on the Golden Plains Recreation/Peerless Center Board of Directors, along with its President Rich Hielscher, Vice President Jerry Rohr, Secretary Lillian Garcia, Treasurer Chris Mattson and fellow member Thom Elliott. Paula Strode laughs during the CineMagic fundraiser after Lloyd Michael of Michael Auction Service tricks her into raising her hand to bid on an item. While the total amount raised was unavailable at press time, the event’s live and silent auctions reportedly netted organizers more than $6,800. Rodriguez also managed the Puerto Rican team in 20 for MLB’s World Baseball Classic.This more than 4-foot-long, 9,000-piece Lego replica of the Titanic – constructed lights and all by Holyoke resident Tyler Weiss – served as a main attraction Saturday night at Peerless Theatre’s CineMagic fundraiser, themed around the doomed vessel. Rodriguez joined an elite group of Puerto Rican pioneers on the baseball diamond including Emilio “Millito” Navarro, the first Puerto Rican to play win the Negro League Hiram Bithorn, the first Puerto Rican to play Major League Baseball humanitarian Roberto Clemente, member of MLB’s Hall of Fame and the only Puerto Rican to reach 3,000 hits And Luis Rodriguez Olmo, the first Puerto Rican to hit a home run in the World Series. On June 23, 2010, Rodriguez made history as the first Puerto Rican manager of a Major League Baseball team by replacing Fredy Gonzalez. Rodriguez established his legacy in professional baseball by dedicating the last two decades mentoring and fostering talent at the Minor League level.īeginning in 1999, Rodriguez has coached or managed the Hudson Valley Renegades, Princeton Devil Rays, Gulf Coast League Marlins, Greensboro Grasshoppers, New Orleans Zephyrs, Carolina Mudcats, Akron Aeros, Mahoning Valley Scrappers, Lake Elsinore Storm and El Paso Chihuahuas. During his tenure with the Twins, Rodriguez earned his Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from the Pontifical Catholic University in Puerto Rico. Rodriguez served as a baseball scout for 11-years with the Minnesota Twins. His love for baseball, instilled in Rodriguez by his father, did not end with the conclusion of his playing career. Rodriguez also played in the Minor Leagues for eight seasons with the Gulf Coast Yankees, Oneonta Yankees, Nashville Sounds, Greensboro Hornets, Columbus Clippers, Las Vegas Stars and the Portland Beavers. He played second base for a total of three seasons in the Major’s with the Yankees and the San Diego Padres. ![]() Rodriguez, of La Playa de Ponce, Puerto Rico, made his Major League debut in September 1982 with the New York Yankees. 2010 - 2011 First Puerto Rican Major League Manager/Florida MarlinsĢ022 Manager Leones de Ponce - Puerto RicoĮdwin Rodriguez Morales is a former Major League Baseball player and the first Puerto Rican to manage a Major League Baseball team-the Florida Marlins. ![]()
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