MeetourBoard of DirectorsExtra Innings Foundationextrainningsfoundation.org

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

Sam’s three success strategies including staying focused, improving every day, and not taking anything for granted

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.

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

Eric Farris• Player, Nashville Sounds (Triple-A

Brewers)• Creator, Extra Innings Foundation

Insider’s 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

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 League’s Surprise Rafters baseball team

• Resides with his wife and two sons in Florida

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

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

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

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

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