Matt Harrison’s wife Meghan Harrison has developed an online personality for herself, running her own blog, and as a regular contributor to Baseball Wife Blog discussing some of the inner details of being the wife of a professional baseball player. Amongst some of the topics she’s talked about are how frequently she travels with the team and how she feels when fans ask for autographs when they are together in public. Meghan was also featured…
Colby Lewis and his wife, Jenny Lewis are the proud parents of two children, each of which being a landmark in Colby’s baseball career. In 2007, Jenny was pregnant with the couple’s first child. Colby was bouncing between the Oakland A’s big league club and their AAA affiliate. Colby recognized that something had to change, so he elected to take his baseball talents across the Pacific and play in Japan. In an interview with ESPN’s…
UPDATE 09/18/2014: Ron Washington resigned suddenly as manager of the Texas Rangers, blaming the departure on the fact that he was unfaithful to his wife after 42 years. Ron Washington apologized to his wife Gerry Washington and asked for privacy in the matter. Manager of the Texas Rangers, Ron Washington’s wife Gerry Washington is perhaps best known for standing by her man when he tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season. Gerry Washington appeared…
Owner of the Texas Rangers, Nolan Ryan’s wife Ruth Ryan met her husband-to-be when she was just 13 years old. 15 year old Nolan Ryan and 13 year old Ruth Holdorff met while they both attended Alvin High School in Alvin, Texas. Nolan was a standout baseball and basketball star, while Ruth was a state champion tennis player – in short, they were the prototypical high school power couple. Hell, they were probably Prom King…
Roy and Nicole met in high school, though while attending different high schools. Apparently every student in at Roy’s high school had to put in time in the choir, and Roy met Nicole while attending a choir convention at Mississippi State. The two have been married for several years, and have three daughters together. Their youngest daughter was apparently born during the 2010 NLCS, though Roy told no one of his wife’s impending labor. Roy…
A frequently forgotten component of the exciting trade deadline, is how the trade affects the players off the field. This is not lost on Mike Adams, or Mike Adams’ wife Shelly Adams. The now former Padres and current Rangers electric set-up man recently addressed this concern to the North County Times, saying: “I think the main person it affects is probably my wife because of the uncertainty. And if we do have to leave, she’s…
Lance Berkman’s wife Cara Berkman has sports in the bloodline. Her father Johnny played for the Oilers, her uncle Frank played with the Yankees, and both of her brothers have been minor league farmhands; Jacob with the Royals and Josh with the Rangers and Brewers. Lance Berkman met his wife in 1995 while attending Rice University together in Cara’s hometown of Houston. They were married in 1998. Lance and Cara have four daughters, born in…