If You Build It, They Will Come

Here's my initial cut at MLB players with Iowa Connections.  Much more sparse than the NFL, so I will just list the teams that have connections. Note: Coaches in italics . 3 - Los Angeles (Angels) :       Anthony Benboom (Iowa Western CC), Tony Watson (Sioux City), Jake Petricka (Iowa Western CC) 2 - Detroit :       Derek Hill (Des Moines),  A.J. Hinch  (Waverly) 2 - Kansas City :       Daniel Tillo (Sioux City), Cal Eldred (Iowa) 1 - Boston :      Ramon Vazquez  (Indian Hills) 1 - New York Mets :       Eric Langill (Des Moines Area CC) 1 - Oakland :       A.J. Puk (Cedar Rapids) 1 - Pittsburgh :       Mitch Keller (Cedar Rapids) 1 - Seattle :     Erik Swanson (Iowa Western CC) 1 - Tampa Bay :  Michael Wacha (Iowa City) 1 - Toronto : Nick Allgeyer (Iowa) 1 - Washington :      Dakota Backus (Sou...

    Southeastern Community College This is a page where I will list all sorts of Southeastern Community College alumni who have trading cards.  This is not a complete list, but I will update as I move along. Note: Southeastern is a combination of Burlington Junior College and Keokuk Community College, so alumni from both of those will be included here. Baseball Bill Madlock Basketball Fred Brown Mel Daniels Winston Garland Art Long Lee Nailon

        Profile Winston Garland* was a point guard who played 7 years in the NBA, including the Warriors, Clippers, Nuggets, Rockets and Timberwolves.  Obviously, he learned everything he learned about basketball came from his 2 years at Southeastern Community College** in Burlington, Iowa.   * Winston is also the father of Darius Garland, the 5th pick in the 2019 draft to Cleveland ** Southeastern was born in 1967 with the merger of Burlington Junior College and Keokuk Community College Personal Notes I typically google the player I'm profiling, look at a wikipedia page, their baseball/football/basketball reference, and any local stories with fun anecdotes.  I search for other Iowa connections related to the player, and today I found one I had missed.  Southeastern CC doesn't have a ton of famous athletes (Garland, Art Lang, Fred Brown), but I missed one.  Bill Madlock played their, and had a Hall of Great (not quite Fame) car...