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On the Road with LeBlanc
Updated: October 31, 2028 – 10:05PM CDT
By Howard Heskin, Gnats Beat Writer and ESPN PEBA Correspondent – Twitter @HowardHeskin1
It was an enjoyable ride with Reg LeBlanc out to Charleston for a quick pit stop on our way down to Hilton Head for the Drew Streets PEBA Championship party. After stopping to check out a random plot of vacant land for which LeBlanc just said 'looks good guy", our next stop was for dinner at Halls Chophouse with a special guest WIL Statesmen owner Charles Pinckney. The elder statesman (no pun intended) shared stories of the good ol'days of how he was able to buy into baseball team ownership low when the MLB collapsed. He also shared a few more off the record conversations after Leblanc ordered a bottle of Quinta de Loureiro and expressed his regret that Charleston was not in PEBA. "I miss those days coming to have dinner with you and (Jack) Cobb at Commander's Palace!" he exclaimed. After a night at the Dewberry, Leblac and I headed out to Hilton Head to Street's Golden Links in the early morning.
We rolled into Streets' Golden Links at 8am, pulled into the driveway and were met by Streets and Ken Hannahas double fisting a mimosa in one hand and a bottle of Armand de Brignac Ace of Spades Brut Gold in the other. "You ready for this boys!" exclaimed Streets. At that point, I decided to turn off my phone and end this blog. GO SL!
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Re: On the Road with LeBlanc
Hmmmmmm... I wonder if Howard intends to share more about that conversation with the 'elder Statesmen'? If I'm not mistaken, he was spotted at a bar in Asheville...
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Re: On the Road with LeBlanc
He told me he doesn't want to blow his source. Off the record is off the record. But i heard after the Streets party he got a lead that is pulling him up to New England.
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