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SU2C auction winner is Royals ‘correspondent’
- Updated: July 31, 2016
Lifelong Royals fan Sean Daly, a born and raised Kansas City native, lives in Houston, travels extensively for work, and is residing, temporarily, in Iowa.
So it only made sense that when he won the “MLB.com Correspondent for a Day” package in last year’s MLB Winter Meetings Stand Up To Cancer auction, he collected at a venue that required yet another road trip. Daly picked Globe Life Park in Arlington, where the Rangers were hosting his beloved World Champion Royals, to claim his winnings.
“Everybody was so gracious with their time,” Daly said after chatting with several key Royals figures on the field Saturday during batting practice. “This is work for them. It’s not just goofing around like it is with me.”
The MLB.com Correspondent package offered an up-close view from a reporter’s perspective, which included spending ample time on the field during batting practice gathering information from team personnel, as well as mingling in the press box with reporters, multimedia crews and team broadcasters. The deal also included four tickets to that day’s game.
Standing on the field with three of his buddies, Daly, who also successfully bid on a Royals Spring Training meet-and-greet the prior year, chatted with manager Ned Yost, obtained autographs from Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez — who included “MVP” on the World Series ball …
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