Breakfast of Champions

Raffle tickets will be sold which can be used for free admission to the Breakfast.

GUEST SPEAKER – Jim Tracy

Jim was originally selected by the Cubs in the fourth round of the 1977 January First-Year Player Draft. He made his Major League Baseball debut in July 1980. Jim later played for two years in Japan before retiring as a player in 1984. Jim posted a 501-486 record in seven seasons as a minor league manager with the Cubs, Reds, and Expos. Jim is the fifth manager in Rockies history. Following the 2009 season Jim was named National League Manager of the Year. Prior to joining the Rockies Jim spent four seasons as bench coach with the Montreal Expos and two years as bench coach of the LA Dodgers before becoming their manager.

GUEST SPEAKER – Clint Barmes

Clint, born March 6, 1979 in Vincennes, Indiana, is a starting second baseman and shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played for the Colorado Rockies from 2003-2010. He bats and throws right-handed. Drafted by the Rockies in 2000 out of Indiana State University, Barmes needed three seasons before reaching the majors with Colorado. In 2002, he was a post-season All-Star for the Carolina Mudcats of the Southern League; in 2004, he was a post-season All-Star for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League and 2007, he was a mid-season All-Star for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Pacific Coast League.

GUEST SPEAKER – Mike Anderson

Mike played baseballl and graduated from Eaton High School. Mike signed with the California Angels where he pursued a career in professional baseball. Most recently Mike was the head baseball coach at the University of Nebraska where his teams compiled a 337-192-2 record. They won two Big 12 titles and played in the school's third College World Series. The Huskers reached the NCAA regional play five times including three title games. Mike's .635 winning percentage was among the Top-25 Division I coaches.

GUEST SPEAKER – Greg Riddoch

Greg is a former manager in Major League Baseball. He was the manager of the San Diego Padres from 1990 to 1992. His career record was 200-194. During his career, he also served as a bench coach for the Padres, as well as third base coach for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and director of scouting for the Milwaukee Brewers and Cincinnati Reds. He retired following a stint as manager for the Eugene Emeralds, a single-A team affiliated with the Padres.

EMCEE – Mike Rice

After 11 years at the mic for KFKA in Greeley Mike moved to Denver where he is currently the Assistant Sports Director at 850 KOA in Denver. While in Greeley Mike was at the mic when the Bears won national championships in 1996 and 1997. Mike hosts the weekly "Rockies Dugout" show and has also filled in calling play-by-play for the Rockies games, serves as studio host for the Denver Broncos Radio Network, hosts "The Gridiron Grill" talk show after every Broncos game, and calls the play-by-play for the University of Colorado women's basketball games. This year will mark Mike's 20th anniversary of covering sports in the state of Colorado. He lists covering the 2007 World Series among his fondest broadcasting memories.