{"id":17160,"date":"2024-06-11T06:03:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T10:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=17160"},"modified":"2024-06-11T06:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T10:03:22","slug":"mike-dull-among-six-honored-by-neiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/11\/mike-dull-among-six-honored-by-neiba\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Dull among six honored by NEIBA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WZBD.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/neiba-hof.jpg?resize=624%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/neiba-hof.jpg?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/neiba-hof.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Honored at the NEIBA banquet Sunday were, from left, Mike Dull, John Nolan, Brayton Thomas, Zach Hosier, Rich Dunno, and Pat (Bubba) McMahon. (Photo courtesy of NEIBA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former South Adams baseball standout Mike Dull was one of six people honored in Fort Wayne Sunday by the Northeast Indiana Baseball Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dull, Rich Dunno and Pat (Bubba) McMahon were inducted into the NEIBA Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunno is Owner\/CEO at Ground Force Sports LLC-King of the Hill-Queen of the Hill-King of the Swing. McMahon is owner-operator of McMahon&#8217;s Best-One Auto and Tire Repair and baseball coach at Canterbury High School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also honored were Zach Hosier, who received the Colin Lister Award, and John Nolan, presented the Bob Parker Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosier, owner\/operator of Talon Custom Construction in Fort Wayne, played at Leo High School and Indiana Tech and is a Fort Wayne Baseball Federation supporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lister (1927-2010) was a long-time supporter of amateur and professional sports in Fort Wayne, at one time the owner of the Fort Wayne Komets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nolan is the play-by-play announcer for the Fort Wayne TinCaps. That award is given in honor of those who contribute to baseball in a manner that is reminiscent of former photographer and commercial artist Parker (1915-98).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also honored was Bishop Dwenger High School&#8217;s Brayton Thomas, named Dick Crumback\/NEIBA High School Baseball Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dull was a member of the 1982 South Adams team which finished 27-6-1, winning a SemiState championship and becoming the school&#8217;s first baseball team to move into the State Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to an outstanding career at the University of South Alabama and played four seasons in the Montreal Expos chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dull, who turns 61 this month, resides in Cicero, Indiana.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com Former South Adams baseball standout Mike Dull was one of six people honored in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[44,15,28,26],"class_list":["post-17160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-baseball","tag-featured","tag-southadams","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}