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Great Falls Tribune: Baseball-playing sons carry flags of their fathers
When Ryan Newman was little, he experienced the big leagues.
The manager of the Great Falls Voyagers grew up around the game of baseball. The year he was born, his father, Jeff Newman, made the American League All-Star team. A few years after that, Jeff was playing for the Texas Rangers and fiery skipper Billy Martin. ...
... TODAY WE'RE TALKING fathers and sons and their connection with professional baseball. Jeff Newman spent nine seasons in the majors with the Athletics and Red Sox and had 63 home runs. Son Ryan, who followed his dad's footsteps on the baseball team at Texas Christian University and played several minor-league seasons in the Pirates' organization, is now managing in the pro game. ...
When Ryan Newman was little, he experienced the big leagues.
The manager of the Great Falls Voyagers grew up around the game of baseball. The year he was born, his father, Jeff Newman, made the American League All-Star team. A few years after that, Jeff was playing for the Texas Rangers and fiery skipper Billy Martin. ...
... TODAY WE'RE TALKING fathers and sons and their connection with professional baseball. Jeff Newman spent nine seasons in the majors with the Athletics and Red Sox and had 63 home runs. Son Ryan, who followed his dad's footsteps on the baseball team at Texas Christian University and played several minor-league seasons in the Pirates' organization, is now managing in the pro game. ...
