Meridians Baseball

Retired Division Fire Chief Roy Yocum (53) died 8/18 in a motorcycle accident. Quote, "I don't know of anyone who knows Roy and doesn't remember his smile... He was a loving, caring, joyous, happy person." Roy was a Western Hills and UC graduate, Army veteran, avid baseball and softball player and coach. He joined the Fire Department in 1980 and retired in 2001 (led the International Firefighters Championship team in Maryland in 2002). We've seen him on numerous baseball fields including (most recently) managing & playing with the C-Hawks of the the Cincinnati Roy Hobbs Baseball League (where "Yoke" wore his idol, Pete Rose's #14). Although he had no direct relationship with the Meridians, he's one of those great baseball guys and more importantly - just a great guy...