Main Event: Mike Baldwin on Ron Gardenhire
I didn't meet Ron Gardenhire until the summer after my freshman year at Okmulgee, my family having moved from Mannford the previous fall.
Gardenhire was a year younger than me, and I had played summer baseball with kids the grade behind me. It didn't take long to realize he was a talented shortstop.
We won an American Legion state championship that summer, my last hurrah in sports.
While I began...
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