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Jim's Dandy Rebels flying high under youthful Schlossnagle.
April 23, 2003
By Rob Miech LAS VEGAS - From the moment Sam Popowcer met Jim Schlossnagle, at a Little League coaches' meeting in which Schlossnagle touted his first Christmas camp in the fall of 2001, the Rebels' baseball coach hasn't had a more ardent fan. The Christmas application Popowcer filled out for his son, Ryan, was the first one that Schlossnagle's wife, Kami, received, and Popowcer is now the president of the Rebels' Grand Slam booster club. "I was immediately drawn to his passion, because I'm a passionate guy," Popowcer said. "He's definitely made the difference. A young guy like that who is as passionate as he is? He's the reason I got involved." Eight-year-old Ryan Popowcer is now one of UNLV's two bat boys. "He reached out to the youth of Las Vegas," said Sam Popowcer, who owns a candy company. "He said he wanted to get to know the youth of Las Vegas, that he wanted to teach them and wanted them to know there's a program here they can be proud of.
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