After discussing it with the Williams family, we felt the best way to honor Pat was to see this through to the end. There could not be a more perfect fit for our MLB Ambassador than Barry Larkin ...

Larkin will spearhead relationships and communications with Major League Baseball as well as providing strategic guidance to Orlando's MLB initiative.

Baseball Hall of Famer Barry Larkin is the new face of a group trying to bring a Major League Baseball team to Orlando, Florida's third-most populous urban area. Could the Tampa Bay Rays be that team?

Barry Larkin, former Cincinnati Reds player, helps cook a meal during the Kroger Wellness Festival presented by Pepsico in Cincinnati on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. / Albert Cesare/The Enquirer / USA ...