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Article: Crogan comes through in pinch for grandson; Ex-Fennimore coach drives to tournament
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2005
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MANDAN, N.D. (AP) - What does a batboy do when he has no way to
get to his team's biggest tournament of the year?
The answer is simple: That batboy says a prayer of thanks for
Grandpa.
Watertown, Wis., batboy Alex Crogan was without a way to get to
this year's Central Plains Regional baseball tournament when his
grandfather, Eli Crogan, came up with an idea.
The older Crogan, who once coached basketball at Fennimore, Wis.,
High School, decided he was going to drive his grandson the 750 miles
from Watertown to Mandan so Alex would not miss his chance to be with
the team at the regional tournament.
"As his grandfather, I thought it was important that he be out
here, and I thought that it would ...