Overbay, a former package of honors and basic Leaguer, thinks of a career – Nevada’s appeal

After playing a baseball in Nevada in the late 1990s, it was a question when and where Lyle Overbai would play professionally.

The Wolf Pack outfilder won the best honors in the Big West during his four-year career, which Nevada won a pair of titles in the league and moved to the Administration. He then played for more than a decade in professionals after being prepared by Arizona Diamondbes in 1999.

The 48 -year -old Overbay was a speaker on Thursday for Bobby Dolan’s annual dinner, raising funds for the Baseball Program in Nevada.

Overbay spent Wednesday afternoon watching Wolf Pack’s baseball team trains at Pecolle Park in Renault and talks to them and coaches. Overbay, now the coach of the Washington High School, said that the biggest thing he tells his players is how to become a better person and press themselves.

“As I have been here for four years, I have had a lot of confidence (a retired baseball coach in Nevada Gary Powers) and the whole coaching staff. I know they had their best interest. These best relationships are a big thing for these children. Once they trust you, they will run through a wall for you. “

After taking a tour of the facilities, Overbay said he liked where the Wolf Pack program was going.

“If you want to compete at a high level, these are the things that will help this program and bring it to the next level,” said Overbay, who trains at Tumwater High School, 20 miles north of his home city Centralia, Washington.

The cold clouds were east of Pecolle Park on Wednesday when Pack players started training. Overbay said February is a baseball time in Renault and during his play days the team took the field, no matter how cold the temperature or how fast winds are.

“This is definitely a factor that plays in our favor,” he said, remembering how opponents complain about the conditions.

In 2010, Overbay was introduced into the hall of the glory of athletics in Nevada. During his four-year career, he drove in 257 tracks and hit 62 ReCord couples at the time. His average career was .357, the eighth best in Nevada’s history. He also won honors to the first-Big West team twice and all-American recognition in 1999.

“They made me a man,” he told his coaches. “Coaching forces pushed you to limit that you didn’t think you could get to.”

Prepared in 1999 by Arizona DiamondBes, he spent his early years in minors.

“After I got my first season, I felt I could do this. I didn’t know what I was standing with until I got into the mix of things, “he said.

Late in the 2001 season, Overbay ended up on the Diamondbacks list and was sitting in the dugout at World Series. Although he didn’t play, Diamondbacks won his first World Cup by defeating the Yankees in seven games.

“This was welcome at the moment of the big league,” Overtbai said.

His career covers seven other teams in 13 years. His biggest vacation happened in 2003 when he played 86 games as the first founder of Diamondbacks full-time. During the extra -season, Diamondbacks traded overbai overbuy in progress that allowed Overbay to explode next season, where he beats .301 with 16 homes and 87 RBI. He also struck 53 pairs to lead the main leagues.

Overbay played for The Brewers Second Season, but he was traded during the extra -season to Toronto, where he played for five years. During his first year with Blue Jays in 2006, he was named a player at American League in the week in early July after hitting .423 with four home tracks during the week. He finished the season, hitting .312, which included 22 household tracks, 92 RBI and 181 hits. Three years later, he was named for the second time as an AL player of the week.

During the last part of his career, Overbay game for Pittsburgh, Diamondbacks for the second time, Red Sox, Yankees and another stay with Milwaukee in the 2014 season, his last year in professional baseball.

Overbay said he was comfortable playing for the Yankees.

“We had a good club house,” he said. “It was a tightly woven club house and it was fun to go there every day.”

Overbay said New York fans are great and took it as one of them.

“They will always have a place in my heart,” he added.