If You Build It, They Will Come

    This will be the thirteenth in series on the minor league managers of the different minor league teams from Iowa.  Today we will break down the Cedar Rapids Reds. The Reds existed from 1980-1992.  Many major leaguers have come through here, including Chris Sabo, Trevor Hoffman, Paul O'Neill and Eric Davis.   Jim Lett 1980/84 Reds Manager(Reds affiliate) 18 cards in TCDB Randy Davidson 1981-82 Reds Manager(Reds affiliate) 5 cards in TCDB Bruce Kimm 1983 Reds Manager(Reds affiliate) 28 cards in TCDB Born: Cedar Rapids, Iowa As player Detroit Tigers  ( 1976 – 1977 ) Chicago Cubs  ( 1979 ) Chicago White Sox  ( 1980 ) As coach Cincinnati Reds  ( 1984 – 1988 ) Pittsburgh Pirates  ( 1989 – 1990 ) San Diego Padres  ( 1991 – 1992 ) Florida Marlins  ( 1997 – 1998 ) Colorado Rockies  ( 1999 ) Chicago White Sox  ( 2003 ) As manager Chicago Cubs  ( 2002 ) World Series  champion ( 1997 ) Jay Ward 1...

 I'm in the process of digging through coaching staffs of the Iowa professional baseball teams (i.e. Iowa Cubs, Waterloo Bucks, etc.)  I also try to collect at least one card of every player who played for those teams.  I am force feeding my brain tons of new name to remember when digging through cards, and sometimes I'll cross some streams and get confused.  Which brings me to Chris Sabo. I have recently processed the major leaguers for Clarinda and Waterloo, while also finishing up coaches for teams and I ran into a Chris Sabo card.  Chris Sabo, for those of you who don't know him, was the third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds during their 1990 World Series year, and the guy who made googles on the field cool. I had his name in my head, and I thought maybe it had been on one of those Iowa Connections.  I remembered he played for Cedar Rapids, perhaps he coached there as well.  So I went to Google and typed "Chris Sabo ".  My heart skips a beat n...