Episode 59 – Garrett Boorojian and Rick Vaughn discuss relationship building in a team environment.
Tampa Spring Training Tales, Florida: Rick Vaughn: 9781467156363: Sports: Paperback – Arcadia Publishing
“Tampa Spring Training Tales
Major League Memories
By Rick Vaughn
Publication Date: 11th March 2024
Since 1913, Tampa has provided the background for some of the Major League Baseball’s most iconic spring moments led, of course, by the longest home run of Babe Ruth’s career. Tampa was the scene of the Grapefruit League’s first no-hitter and the only spring time All-star Game. It was the first gathering place of the Big Red Machine and the Core Four. Well over 125 Hall of Famers honed their craft among the city’s three major league ballparks: Plant Field, Al Lopez Field and Steinbrenner Field…”
“Rick Vaughn is a veteran in the sports communications field having served more than 30 with baseball’s Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays and the NFL’s Washington Redskins. He served as the lead PR executive for the closing of Baltimore’s beloved Memorial Stadium and the opening of the iconic Oriole Park at Camden Yards, and the launch of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays expansion franchise and its rebranding to Rays in 2008. He is presently the executive director of Los Angeles Angels Manager Joe Maddon’s Respect 90 Foundation.”