Minnesota Baseball Greats

Minnesota Baseball Greats is assisted by an advisory board made up of enthusiasts for baseball in Minnesota. These have been selected to ensure representation of various geographic and category areas and to contribute expertise which will aid in the development of the web site.

Duties of the board follow this listing. The advisory panel is selected from a list of candidates maintained by the coordinator or recommended from charter advisory members or their successors.

Jim Bartels. Broadcaster, broadcast sales and administration. 414th Lane, New Ulm, MN 56073. Radio KDUZ, Hutchinson and Radio KNUJ, New Ulm.

Edward J. Blumhoefer, Minnesota Amateur player , high school coach, administrator. 105 N Circle P, Montgomery, MN 56069-1315. Amateur player Fairfax, Montgomery, Lonsdale, New Prague. Southwest Umpires. Basketball Official. High School coach, administration.

Mike Fahey, County attorney and volunteer Minnesota Amateur Baseball legal representative. . PO Box 258, Carver, MN 55315. Co-chair 2008 state amateur baseball tournament (Chaska and Shakopee). Volunteer attorney For Minnesota Amateur Baseball Association.

Duane E. Gaulke. Senior Leagues President, Minnesota Senior Men's Amateur Baseball Ass'n. 21775 Xeon Ave, Jordan, MN 55352-9450. Minnesota Amateur player originally from SD.

Tom Johnson, Amateur Baseball, metropolitan area. 5501 Irving Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55419-1633. Player and Manager.

August W. Karcher, Sports Writer/Editor. 157 W Third St, Winona, MN 55987-3138. Former sports editor, Winona Daily Republican-Herald, Minneapolis Tribune and Winona News covering Southern Minnesota League.

Mike Kingery. Major League Player

Brian Larson, Eagan, Statistician, Minnesota Amateur Tournaments 8964 Darnel Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55347. 952-829-9973. Orginally from Dassell-Cokato area. Elected MN Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame 2005.

Tink Larson, Player, Manager and Coach. 601 3rd Ave NE, Waseca, MN. 56093. Life-long amateur player and manager, high school coach.

Tom Melchior, Baseball Historian, Author. 1901 125th St W, Shakopee, MN 55379 Player, LeSueur. Published book on Belle Plaine baseball.

Armand Peterson, Baseball Historian, Author. 6384 Ithaca Lane, Maple Grove, 55317. Co-author, "Glory Years of Minnesota Baseball". Originally from Hector.

Bob Schabert, Metropolitan sports writer. 892 Hadley Lane N, Oakdale, MN 55128.. Baseball writer of 40s, 50's, St. Paul Dispatch. Elected Minnesota Amateur Hall of Fame.

Brad Schaper, Player, Administration 2441 East Ave N, Onalaska, WI. 54650. Player, Coach VFW, Wisconsin junior high and high school. Player Minnesota college, Minnesota and Wisconsin amateur baseball.

Blake Schaper, Sales 12 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 2165, Mankato, MN 56001. Southern Minnesota sales for Marco Information Systems, St. Cloud, MN.

Nick Schultheis, Northwest Umpires Association. 4773 W 143rd St, Savage, MN 55378.

Robert Skillings, Internet, Computer. 15 S Minnesota St. New Ulm, MN 56073. American Legion player, amateur player and manager, present member New Ulm Baseball Association. Active with Senior League.

Glen Stabelfeld. Professional and Minnesota Amateur player, Coach. 5380 Barkeley Avenue, Hughson, CA. 95326

Terry Steinbach. Major League and Minnesota Amateur player.

Tom Tomashek, Historical, Author 115 Timberline Dr, Newark, MD. Sports writer, Baltimore. Co-author "Glory Years of Minnesota Baseball." Originally from Hutchinson, MN.

Tyrone Wacker, Player/Coach. Jackson,307 Brown St. Jackson, MN 56143. Player, Coach, Sports Administrator, Stewart, MN athlete. High school and college coach.

Specialized memberships and committee structures will occasionally be appointed to assist the work of the advisory board. Other supporters of this program serve as anonymous selectors to provide an additional degree of authenticity and protection against any perceived conflicts of interests.

Duties of Advisory Panel

Assist in honoring outstanding individuals and help gather appropriate data.
Recognize the outstanding players and individuals in all categories with primary emphasis on their accomplishments on the field and also those Minnesota individuals who made "above and beyond" contributions to the game as volunteer workers, administrators or publicists.
Provide timely personal photos to be used on the website and updated summary of personal involvement in the game to identify the panel member on the website.
Suggest, when necessary, replacements or additions to the advisory panel.
Participate in periodic evaluations of any "Best of All" lists of achievements and/or adding and subtracting individuals and events from a list provided by the website.
Encourage website participation of local baseball people and associations.
Attend annual award events.
Serve without remuneration for services.
Sub committees of the panel will make recommendations in areas of nominations, selections, annual recognition events, public relations, website operations, research, marketing and governance/administration.