...BOOM.
On game days, he boarded a bus at the team hotel and received a police escort to the stadium, where he slipped into his red No. 55, walked down a red-carpeted tunnel and jousted 300-pounders in front of 90,000 fans, almost all of whom knew his name and his pedigree.
Five years later, Baker Steinkuhler rolled out of bed before dawn, put on his red uniform — no pads necessary — left his house at 4:30 a.m. and drove 60 miles to Kearney, where he walked anonymously into Good Samaritan for a 12-hour shift of blood draws, bedpan changes and beeping monitors.
Found it interesting that he's getting his start at the same hospital, Good Sam, that Ol' Doc Tom cut his teeth at as a young medical professional. Perhaps the younger Steinkuhler will see the same light that the Ol' Doc did and transition to a successful coaching career?
On game days, he boarded a bus at the team hotel and received a police escort to the stadium, where he slipped into his red No. 55, walked down a red-carpeted tunnel and jousted 300-pounders in front of 90,000 fans, almost all of whom knew his name and his pedigree.
Five years later, Baker Steinkuhler rolled out of bed before dawn, put on his red uniform — no pads necessary — left his house at 4:30 a.m. and drove 60 miles to Kearney, where he walked anonymously into Good Samaritan for a 12-hour shift of blood draws, bedpan changes and beeping monitors.
Found it interesting that he's getting his start at the same hospital, Good Sam, that Ol' Doc Tom cut his teeth at as a young medical professional. Perhaps the younger Steinkuhler will see the same light that the Ol' Doc did and transition to a successful coaching career?
