Episode 27: Ken Schrom / Greg Rajan

Hooks Baseball Podcast

Ken Schrom worked 43 years in professional baseball, as both a standout pitcher and accomplished front office executive. Schrom's tenure with the Hooks spanned 16 seasons, including 11 as team president. A football and baseball star at the University of Idaho, Ken earned Texas League Executive of the Year honors in 2005 and was inducted into the league’s Hall of Fame in 2016. Schrom pitched seven seasons in Major League Baseball with Toronto, Minnesota and Cleveland, earning American League All-Star honors in 1986. Greg Rajan (31:40), now a senior editor with the Houston Chronicle, covered the first eight years of Hooks Baseball for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times. With Hunter Pence announcing his retirement this past weekend, Rajan presents us an oral history of the Hooks' 2006 Texas League Championship season.