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Stein isn’t specific with the number, but he is proud He tells me about the long road to bringing profes-
that the franchise sold "for more money than any other sional baseball back to Lexington. About how for 17
minor league team, regardless of classification."That years he "did a lot of public speaking and a lot of arm
means Lexington’s A·level team is a hotter commodity twisting" to convince lenders and supporters that this
_ right now than many ofthe country”s larger, more presti· was "more than just an idea, more than an avocation.
` gious AAA teams (whose players are closer to making That it could work."When others gave up along the
r the jump to the majors). way, Stein kept going.
· So, how did he do that'? It`s all about having a vision The game needed a champion, and there was no
of success and knowing how to reach it, Stein says. one better than Alan Stein for the job. Stein’s résumé
says he "loves people and talking" and that’s why most
This IS What Success L00kS Like days at Applebee ss Park you ll see him out chatting
, _ _ _ with fans, his favorite part of the job. Winner of the
j SI€1I]’S SL1CC€SS Wllll the l..CXlIlg[Ol1 L€g€HCl§ llElS b€COH]€     RGIHUOHS Sociéty Of Amer-iCa’S Communi-
ll`lC lI1(.lllSU'y Sl.2llld2\l`d of llOW to I`Lll’l El pl'OfI{21l)l€ IUIDOY Caior Of the Yoar Award, Stein grew up   Speeches
j league team. "Our model, of doing it privately, is now a as n ycung hov in his Lexington Synagogue, going on
i model that other people are trying to emulate," he says. io Win dohnroiohompionships at Honry Ciny High
·   M9 PWUY well known and Y€$P€CY€d m OUT mdU$‘ School and earn a full debate scholarship to UK. .
I WY- ` _ _ _ _ _ _   During his time at UK between 1970-1974, Stein
e W€_¥`€ Sitting {H Stem S Y?*Sl€fUllY_?*PP9mf€d OUICG squeezed in business and history classes as part of a
_   — which looks. like a baseball team s CEO s office hoohoior of gonoroi Studies program in tho midst of n
S/wu/rf 1<><>1<~ with Pla)/CYS Ph0t0SY¤Ph$ and _3l}l9· hectic schedule that included stints as Student Center
l gmplwd bats- b¤l1S»¤¤d €V€¤ 8 home plat? f*Hmg_lh€ Board president, chairman of the Greek Activities
| Ql?}l`k blue Walls — as he Y€fl€Cl$ 9*1 [hli his [cam S Steering Committee, and national undergraduate
` filth ¤¤¤1V€\`$¤YY $€¤50¤· president of his fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, a role that
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