Had an interesting day yesterday. U Oregon Baseball had a unique fundraiser for their new baseball stadium: Kevin Costner did a benefit rock concert with his band, proceeds to UO Baseball. Costner is a good friend of Coach Horton's.
We went down early to attend a small reception prior to the show, where we met all the coaches, the AD, and Costner.
My son's favorite all time movie (being a catcher) is Bull Durham. They got to chat for a few minutes. Costner is a very gracious person. He connects very easily with people, and is not at all pretentious or assuming.
He told us that during his college years he took some time off to work on fishing boats out of Oregon, so he lived in Coos Bay and Newport, among other towns, for year or so. So he has an Oregon connection.
Learned a bit about the program's progress: Horton says they have signed 38 guys for the '09 season.
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