1. Meet
our
Board of Directors
Extra Innings Foundation
extrainningsfoundation.org

2. Jerry Hairston, Jr.
• Co-Founder and Board Chair
• Player, Los Angeles Dodgers
• 3rd Generation MLB Player
• Grandson of Sam Hairston
• Son of Jerry Hairston, Sr.
• Brother to Scott Hairston (Mets)
• Versatile player
• Brings positive energy and strong
leadership skills to the team
• Puts into daily practice his
grandfather Sam’s three success
strategies including staying focused,
improving every day, and not taking
anything for granted

3. Dusty Baker
• Cincinnati Reds Manager
• Played on the Atlanta Braves, Los
Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco
Giants, and the Oakland Athletics.
• Three World Series with the Dodgers
and beat the New York Yankees in
1981 to win the World Championship.
• Member of the United States Marine
Corps Reserves from 1969 to 1975.
• In his first year as the Giants’
manager, he won the National League
Manager of the Year award. His
Giants went on to win division titles
in 1997 and again in 2000; he also
earned Manager of the Year honors in
both of those years.

4. Jim Braden
• Athletic Director, Dysart Unified
School District, Surprise, Arizona
• Over 35 years as a teacher and
administrator
• Arizona Interscholastic Association 3A
Athletic Director of the Year, National
Interscholastic Athletic Administrators
Association and National Federation
of High Schools Citation Award
Recipient, and Arizona Interscholastic
Administrators Association
Administrator of the Year
• Born in San Francisco and raised in
northern California
• The family resides in Phoenix, Arizona

5. Eric Farris
• Player, Nashville Sounds (Triple-A
Brewers)
• Creator, Extra Innings Foundation
Insider’s Advantage Program
• 4th Round draft pick in 2007 out of
Loyola Marymount
• Led the AZ 2010 Surprise Rafters
AZ Fall League .351 batting average
• Strong leader who brings talent
and positive attitude to the team
• Graduate of Hamilton High School,
Phoenix, AZ

6. Mike Guerrero
• Manager, Nashville Sounds
(Triple-A Brewers)
• Respected for his passion and
dedication to the game by many
of his teammates, colleagues, and
friends.
• "I only know one way to play the
game, and it's 100 percent,” says
Mike
• Manager of the 2010 Arizona Fall
League’s Surprise Rafters baseball
team
• Resides with his wife and two
sons in Florida

7. Dan Merklinger
• Pitcher, Huntsville Stars (Double-A
Brewers)
• Sixth round draft choice in 2007 out
of Seton Hall University
• Scholar-athlete who made the Big
East all-academic team
• Has a killer curveball
• Played for the Surprise Rafters in the
2010 AZ Fall League
• Recently moved to Arizona

8. Dr. Lynn Miller
• Co-Founder and Executive Director
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona
State University
• Former middle school classroom
teacher, and elementary school
assistant principal and principal
• Presented at the 24th Cooperstown
Symposium
• Resides in Surprise, Arizona with her
husband, Steve, and daughter,
Stephanie

9. Stephanie Miller
• Community Relations Coordinator,
Arizona Rattlers
• Student at Arizona State University
where she majors in business
communications
• Interned with the Phoenix Suns
• Served on the “Baseball in the
Classroom: Strategies and Tactics, An
Open Forum Discussion” at the 24th
Cooperstown Symposium
• Played varsity volleyball in high school
• Was a student in the International
Baccalaureate program

10. Ron Washington
• Manager, Texas Rangers since 2007
• Signed by the Kansas City Royals on
July 17, 1970.
• In 2010, Washington's Rangers
advanced to their first World Series in
franchise history.
• Third African-American to manage a
team into a World Series, joining Cito
Gaston, and fellow Extra Innings
Foundation Board Member Dusty
Baker, who managed the San
Francisco Giants into the 2002 World
Series
• Ron lives with his wife, Jeri, in New
Orleans

11. The End
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