No wonder Rob Butcher , winner Wednesday of one of the two new awards at the annual Summer Reunion of the Northern Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame, said he “felt a little out of place,” in accepting his special recognition trophy for “running around the world” by totaling 24,901 miles of piling up distance mileage the past 18 years.

“I’ve only lived here 30 years,” the Park Hills resident and retired Reds vice-president for media relations said after hearing most of the stories of those who came before him. The University of Dayton grad and Wilmington, Ohio native arrived here after making it for three crazy years working for the Yankees and George Steinbrenner .

“I can’t compare to the leadership and perseverance of those who came before me,” Butcher said of the NKSHOF winners although

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