Baseball Legend and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan to Make Appearance at Fifth Annual Kings of the Diamond Dinner – Mar 16

SAN ANTONIO TX – Baseball Legend and Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan will make an appearance at the Fifth annual Kings of the Diamond Dinner on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Baseball’s all-time strikeout leader, Nolan Ryan will be there between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m at the dinner along with Terry Francona, the reigning American League Manager of the Year. The event will take place at the Hyatt Regency San Antonio Riverwalk, 123 Losoya Street, San Antonio TX, 78205. Source: Round Rock Express

The event will benefit the Nolan Ryan Foundation plus the Miracle League of San Antonio as well as HeartGift of San Antonio.

According to the Round Rock Express article, the purpose of the annual dinner is to kick off a two-game MLB exhibition series to be played on Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18 at the Alamodome in San Antonio:

“The event kicks off H-E-B Big League Weekend 2017, a two-game Major League Baseball exhibition series hosted at the iconic Alamodome in downtown San Antonio. This year features the American League West Champion Texas Rangers and the American League Champion Cleveland Indians.”

Nolan Ryan is a former MLB pitcher who played for the New York Mets in 1966 and from 1968 to 1971, the California Angels from 1972 to 1979, the Houston Astros from 1980 to 1988 and the Texas Rangers from 1989 to 1993. After his playing career he was president and CEO of the Texas Rangers from 2008 to 2013. During his Major League pitching career that spanned 30 years Ryan threw a record seven no-hitters and 5,714 strikeouts with a win-loss record of 324 to 292 and an earned run average of 3.19. Ryan’s career strikeout record is the most in Major League history. In 1996 Nolan Ryan’s number 34 was retired by both the Texas Rangers as well as the Houston Astros. Nolan Ryan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 in his first year of eligibility.

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