Reid Ryan wanted to be a pitcher in the major leagues, just like his Hall of Fame father Nolan Ryan. But when his career stalled in the minors, Reid forged his own path as a baseball executive, first bringing minor league baseball in Texas to Round Rock and Corpus Christi. He's currently the president of the Houston Astros.In Episode 12 of the "Life Around the Seams" podcast, we trace Reid's life growing up around baseball, in the clubhouse when his father played, the heckles he received playing youth baseball, a famous exhibition game when he pitched against his father, running two of the most successful minor league teams in the country, and then getting his own "callup" to the majors.
Reid tells us when he realized his father was kind of a big deal, where he was during the legendary fight between his dad and Robin Ventura, when his kids realized their grandfather was a big deal, and how he uses his children to learn how to reach the next generation of baseball fans.
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