A.J. Ellis and the Triple A All Stars

On Tuesday David Patrick and I had yet another baseball assignment. This time it was for the triple A all star game which was played at Louisville's Slugger Field last night. The focus of our story was once again a Lexington native. A.J. Ellis, who played at Dunbar High School and then Austin Peay State University is now a catcher for the Las Vegas 51's (I think that is a pretty creative team nickname and their logo has an alien's head on it). He is having a great season and is hoping to be called up to the majors sometime soon. Las Vegas is the triple A team for the Los Angelos Dodgers.

A.J. is a super nice guy and was very gracious to us as he spent a good 15 minutes with us for our interview. It's nice to see professional athletes that are down to earth just nice guys. One of the coolest things A.J. said was that this great season in baseball doesn't even hold a candle to the joy brought to him by he and his wife's first baby.

I once again turned my own package out of the story and I'll try to have that up on youtube sometime soon.