Cristina Byrne

1 week ago | whnt.com | Josiah Elmore |Cristina Byrne

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — When the Huntsville Stars were set to come to town, Cynthia Giles, then Bragg, knew she wanted a spot on staff. Cythnia came up with the idea to mail her resume by certified mail to ensure the Stars management saw it. “I quickly prepared my resume, and I sent it in, and I thought I was going to send it certified so they at least have to look at it once,” Giles said.

3 weeks ago | whnt.com | Josiah Elmore |Cristina Byrne

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — When Rick Davis set his sights on being the first voice of the Huntsville Stars, he was in uncharted waters. Davis, who had been a successful sportscaster in town, knew he wanted to be the Stars’ inaugural play-by-play guy when he heard professional baseball was coming to the area, but he was entering uncharted waters. “I had done college football, college basketball, I had even done some ice hockey, but I had never done baseball,” Davis said.

4 weeks ago | whnt.com | Josiah Elmore |Cristina Byrne

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — When talks of professional baseball coming to town began, Don Mincher knew he wanted to be involved. Those around Mincher said he was willing to be the color commentator, public address announcer or even the official scorekeeper. Rick Davis, the first voice of the Huntsville Stars, even asked Mincher to be his right-hand man on the radio broadcast. But, Mincher already had a prior commitment: he was going to be the general manager.

1 month ago | whnt.com | Josiah Elmore |Cristina Byrne

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Larry Smchittou sits in his second-floor office overlooking one of the bowling alleys he owns, this one in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. His office feels like a scene out of The Godfather. Schmittou, who still works six days a week despite turning 85 in July, works on a stogie as he looks over a large white board filled with numbers and information about how his bowling empire is operating.

1 month ago | whnt.com | Josiah Elmore |Cristina Byrne

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — To those who knew him, it’s clear. Don Mincher is Huntsville’s original Mr. Baseball. The Huntsville native played high school ball at the since-defunct S.R. Butler High School, where he met his better half, Pat, before signing a deal with the Chicago White Sox. A few years in the minors and a trade later, Mincher broke through in the Major Leagues with the Washington Senators, who moved and became the Minnesota Twins.