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Jeff Gross,
CEO/President/Founder and Director of PRO-DAY
Baseball, has been involved in baseball for
the past 25 years on all levels.
He was a former professional
baseball scout with the Texas Rangers (1988-93)
and Chicago Cubs (1993-95). Now, his scouting
player information forms go to all 30 major
league clubs from the top prospects that attend
PRO-DAY Baseball.
A former Part-Owner/President
of the Pine Bluff Locomotives, a Class A Independent
team in the Big South League of Professional
Baseball. His club won the first-half division
championship while he helped several players
get back to major league affiliations.
He coached college baseball
three years each at the University of Arkansas-Monticello
and Pensacola Junior College where both colleges had the most successful three year runs in their baseball history.
Seventeen of his former players that he coached on the collegiate and amateur level went on to become coaches themselves. Ten of them coach on the high school level, four as college coaches and three as professional scouts/coaches.
A former first-baseman,
who played semi-professional baseball with the
Braves in Pine Bluff (AR) who attended Harding University on a baseball scholarship.
Jeff played on five
state championship clubs on the amateur level
and coached two teams to a state championship,
including a fourth place National finish.
His high school team (Pine Bluff High) was ranked ninth and seventh nationally by the USA Today while capturing back-to-back high school titles in 1983-84 with a 38-4 overall record.
Those two state titles were followed by two more which gave PBHS the longest stretch run in Arkansas history and many considered to be the "Best High School Team" that Arkansas ever produced.
He has worked for two of our
nations Presidents. George W. Bush, when he
served as partner with the Texas Rangers and
former President Bill Clinton in Arkansas.
Since 1989, he has helped 43
players go into professional baseball and seen
hundreds and hundreds go on to have great collegiate
careers.

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John Gross,
Senior Vice-President of PRO-DAY Baseball, is a former
scout with the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs.
He was also a Part-Owner/General Manager of
the Pine Bluff Locomotives, a Class A Minor
League Team in the Big South League of Professional
Baseball. Gross guided the LOCOS to the Championship
Series in their innagural season.
A eye for baseball talent, John played a vital
part in finding a young pitcher named Matt Whiteside
at a workout camp, who the Rangers would later
draft in the late rounds. Whiteside worked his
way up thru the minor league organizations to
become a setup man and later a closer for the
great Nolan Ryan in Texas.
John graudated from Harding University with
a degree in Sports Management where he was a
former shortstop for the Bisons. The former
all-state shortstop led Pine Bluff High (AR)
to the championship game before Kevin McReynolds,
who would later lead the New York Mets to the
World Series Championship, belted a game-winning home
run to lead Sylvian Hills to the state title,
which was played on the campus of the University
of Arkansas.

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Bill Earnhart
who has worked 40 years as a professional
scout works close with the Director of PRO-DAY
Baseball throughout the year at many of its'
Showcases.
Earnhart plays a key role at many of the Mid-South
events during the year along with the "North/South/East/West"
and "Best of the Best" National Showcases. He
grades players on arm strength, accuracy, hands,
footwork, to go along with hitting and pitching.
Over the years, Bill has worked as a scout
for the Major League Scouting Bureau, Kansas
City Royals, Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Dodgers,
California Angels, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers
and currently is with the 2001 World Champion
Arizona Diamondbacks.
He is also a member of the Southeastern Professional
Scouts Hall-of-Fame and has been a past nominee
for the National Scout of the Year Award.
Bill was the featured speaker at the PRO-DAY "Best of the Best" Dinner Banquet of Champions in 2007.

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Preston
Gross, Vice-President of PRO-DAY Baseball is in charge of Web Site Developement, Marketing
and also serves as Northern Coodinator.
He is a four-time ALL-SLIAC at Webster
University in St.Louis (MO) where he hit .361
for his career. Gross has been in baseball his
entire life, the son of former major league
scout John Gross.
He received his bachelors degree in business
from Webster University in St. Louis where Speaker
of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
presented the diplomas.
A graduate of North
County High School, Preston led NCHS to the
Missouri State High School Championship.
A switch-hitting infield/outfielder, Preston
led his summer team to back-to-back-to-back
Missouri Senior Babe Ruth State Championships
and Midwest Plains Regional Titles. His teams
have played in the Senior Babe Ruth World Series
in Stamford, Connecticut (2002),Weimer, Texas
(2003) and placed 3rd in Newark, Ohio (2004).
Preston serves on several board of directors and plays a key role with one of the Wal-Mart Companies in the St.Louis Area.

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Bob Parsons,
a former professional player in the Pittsburgh
Pirates Organization is the "Southeast Coordinator"
for PRO-DAY Baseball.
Bob instructs in all areas at the PRO-DAY Events with most emphasis on hitters during the Showcases.
He has helped many players to continue to fullfill their dreams of playing baseball on the next level.
A 1978 graduate of David
Lipscomb College in Nashville, TN. He was an
All-American second baseman and helped lead
the school to the 1977 NAIA National Championship.
In 2002, Bob was inducted into the Lipscomb
Athletic Hall of Fame.
Many years in the business
community, Bob has stepped back into the baseball
world by working with PRO-DAY Baseball and teaching
private lessons.

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Allen Swindle of
Tallahassee (FL) works with PRO-DAY as a pitching/hitting
instructor along with his duties as Florida
Coordinator.
A left-handed pitching standout
at Florida State University went on to play
professional baseball with the Cincinnati Reds.
During his nearly five years
in the Reds Organization, he accumulated many
saves during his stops at Billings, Montana
(Rookie Ball), Tampa, Florida (Class A), Waterbury,
Connecticut (Class AA) and Indianapolis, Indiana
(Class AAA).
Swindle's teammates consisted
of: Tom Browning,Tracy Jones, Paul O'Neal, Dave
Miley and Kal Daniels to name a few.
For the last 18 years, Allen
has been one of the lead pitching/hitting instructors
at Mike Martin's Florida State University Baseball
Summer Camps.
He has worked with players like:
Alex Rodriquez, Dean Palmer, Chipper Jones and
Reggie Jefferson.
Allen has coached on the college
level at North Florida Junior College and also
on the high school level.

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David Winningham,
of Tuscaloosa (AL) is the Alabama Coordinator
for PRO-DAY Baseball.
He
travels to many of the PRO-DAY events across
the country and evalautes talent at these Showcases.
David also works with
pitchers and talks to players and families about
the requirements to get into different colleges.
Winningham served as the
pitching coach and recruiter at Stillman College
in Tuscaloosa.
He was a two-year letterman
at Wallace-Selma JC and also at the University
of Montavello.
David brings many talents
to PRO-DAY and is well respected throughout
baseball.

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Danny Martin,
Director of Stadium Operations at the Orange
Beach Sports/Plex and the Home of the PRO-DAY
“Best of the Best” Showcase has been around
baseball since he can remember.
He is the son of Johnny
Martin who played in the St. Louis Cardinals
Organization back in the late 1920’s. Danny
is also the grandson of John C. Wilkins, who
was the original owner of the Mobile Bears that
were affiliated at that time with the Brooklyn
Dodgers.
Since Danny’s arrival
in 1994 to the Orange Beach’s Parks and Recreation
Staff, he has overseen its’ baseball field improvements
go from only two youth fields and one softball
field to an remarkable nine baseball/softball
fields at the Sports/Plex.
Martin has a staff that
is second to none in having the fields looking
magnificent in hosting events at the Complex.
They also play a huge part in making the “Best
of the Best’ Dinner Banquet a big event each
fall.

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Matt Wood , is the Northwest Florida Coordinator for PRO-DAY Baseball.
Wood was an outstanding college player at Pensacola Junior College and the University of West Florida. He led both programs to some of their best seasons in their schools history.
The Pensacola native, was an outstanding hitter during his playing days. Today, he is one of the hitting instructors at the PRO-DAY Showcases.
Matt also serves as one of the camp coordinators each summer for PRO-DAY's week long summer camps in Orange Beach.

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Bubber Birdsong,
is the Georgia Coordinator for PRO-DAY
Baseball.
He just finished his second year
of coaching professional baseball for the South
Georgia Peanuts, under manager Wally Backman,
who was the second-baseman on the 1986 World
Champion New York Mets.
Birdsong is a regular
at the Florida State University Advance Baseball
Camps each summer in Tallahassee.
He has worked with many
professional baseball players over the years
and is very knowledgeable on the game.
At the Showcases, Bubber
can be found on the mound throwing BP, players
do not need to take, because he is MONEY.

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Matt Robinson,
is the Hitting/Infield Instructor for PRO-DAY
Baseball.
A native of Tallahasee (FL), Robinson had a
standout baseball career at Florida State University
after transferring from Wallace State Community
College while leading them to a state title.
At FSU, Matt led the Semionoles to back-to-back
50-plus win seasons in 1982-83. The 1982 team
ran up against Future Hall-of-Famer Roger Clemens
and the Texas Longhorns, before falling at the
Austin (TX) Regional.
In 1983, Florida State fell to Alabama, who
were led by Dave Maggadan. The Crimson Tide
then would run up against Clemens and the Longhorns
this time around before dropping a 4-3 decision
in the National Championship game in Omaha,
Nebraska.
After his playing days at FSU, Robinson Coached
in the Florida Sunshine State Games where he
led his team to the Gold Medal. He also has
many years experience as a high school coach.
For the past 20 years, Matt has been the lead
instructor at the Florida State University Advance
Baseball Camps.

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- PRO-DAY Staff has over 150 years
of baseball knowledge on the professional
and collegiate levels.
- Nine Former/Current PRO-DAY Staff
Members have played in the Major Leagues.
- Four Former PRO-DAY Instructors
have played in at least one Major League All-Star
Game.
- Four Current/Former PRO-DAY Staff
Members were with the Texas Rangers at the
same time.
- One former PRO-DAY Staff Instructor
won the National League Batting Title.
- Two former PRO-DAY Pitching Instructors
played and studied under "The Great" Nolan
Ryan.
- One former PRO-DAY Instructor played
with All-Time "Home Run King" Hank Aaron in
the Major Leagues.
- One former PRO-DAY Instructor played
with Mark McGwire the year he hit "70" Home
Runs for the St. Louis Cardinals.
- One current PRO-DAY Instructor plays
with All-Time "Home Run King" Barry
Bonds in the Major Leagues.
- Over 15 Major League Scouts have
worked at one time with PRO-DAY.
- Five Current/Former PRO-DAY Instructors
worked for President George W. Bush when he
was part-owner of the Texas Rangers.
- One PRO-DAY Instructor worked for
former President Bill Clinton.
- One PRO-DAY Instructor handed Ivan
Rodriquez the phone when he got called up
to the major leagues.
- Three PRO-DAY Instructors grew up
beside and were neighbors to five-time gold
glove winner Torii Hunter of the Minnesota
Twins.
- One current PRO-DAY staff member
was nominated once for the National Scout
Award Honor in Major League Baseball.
- One current scout was part of a
World Series Championship with the Arizona
Diamondbacks.
- One current PRO-DAY staff member
is one of the winningest coaches in Florida
Junior College Baseball.
- One current PRO-DAY staff member
was in attendance when Lou Brock passed Ty
Cobb for the All-Time Stolen Base Record.
- Two PRO-DAY Instructors worked with
the scout who signed Jim Morris which later
turned into the baseball movie "The Rookie".
- Two PRO-DAY Instructors owned a
minor league baseball franchise and one current
instructor played on that club.
- Two current Instructors got beat
by Roger Clemens and the Texas Longhorns in
the regionals to fall short of earning a trip
to Omaha and the College World Series.
- One current PRO-DAY Instructor played
with former American League Batting Champion
Paul O'Neill of the New York Yankees.
- Two PRO-DAY Instructors were associated
with the Upper Deck "All-Time Greats/Ole
Timers Game" at Arlington Stadium in
the 1990's.
- "All" PRO-DAY Instructors
have been associated in professional or collegiate
baseball as either a player, coach or scout.
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