San Antonio Missions

San Antonio, Texas

Oct. 18 - 21, 2009

Season 18

San Antonio, TX

Certainly the grimmest field trip we’ve ever taken, our support of Disabled Sports USA and wounded veterans returning from the Middle East too us to Brooke Army Medical Center, a 425-bed facility.

Seeing how badly these guys were maimed, burnt, and disfigured was gut wrenching. Two wounded vets, tough hombres Danny Acosta and Orlando Gill, joined us on the diamond, playing full speed without an arm and a leg. One of Darb’s friends donated a piece of land worth a boatload to the place so it could build temporary housing for returning victims. Jay Tucker tried to get George W. Bush to post, but Dubya couldn’t make it.

Donations


Wounded Warriors - Disabled Sports

$431,000


Plano Baseball Association

$750

Hall of Fame


John Costigan

JJ Gottsch

Brian Rhoney

Awards


Dan Carroll

Chairman's Award


Ted Darby

Chairman's Award


John Gallegos

Chairman's Award


Matt Martin

Tournament MVP


Phil Bouie

Rookie of the Year


Bill Brockway

Comeback Player of the Year


Danny Acosta

Team MVP


Mark Andregg

Team MVP


Kirk Bauer

Team MVP


Orlando Gill

Team MVP


Joe Maiden

Team MVP


Jim Wadley

Team MVP


Pat Hannan

Web Gem

Managers


Bill Bouie

Hank McRoberts

Doug Sutton

Chris Walwrath

Smites


Bill Brockway

Eric Brown

John Costigan

Todd Nelson

Doug Sutton

Mike Wilson

Rookies


Kirk Bauer

Phil Bouie

Orlando Gill

Jim Wadley