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as well. Locally, the league has hired HMA Public Relations to help build its brand.
Jaime said back in the early 1990s that Fall League was really informal. He recalled going to a game in Chandler, and when the Milwaukee Brewers’ then spring training home, Compadres Stadium, was unavailable, the game was moved to a nearby diamond with a few stands. Fans sat in lawn chairs.
And you never knew who you would run into. Jaime recalled having a long conversation with Fred Claire, then the general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“We just talked about life,’’ he said.
He would see Yankees owner George Steinbrenner at games.