The Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation

Bobby Bragan was involved with baseball in some form or fashion for nine decades. His first exposure to the sport was as a player, then as a manager and later as an executive and finally as Fort Worth’s ambassador to the game.

A native of Birmingham, Ala., Bragan was born with baseball in his blood.

Bragan came to town as the player/manager of the Fort Worth Cats in 1948 and over the next seven dacades became Fort Worth's Mr. Baseball.