LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — Doug Flynn was one of the few multi-sport athletes at the University of Kentucky! He played baseball and basketball at UK before going on to an 11-year career in major league baseball! Flynn was a member of the 1975-76 “Big Red Machine” that won back-to-back World Series and is one of the most dominant teams of all time.

He also had stops at:

The New York Mets

Montreal

Texas

Detroit

Flynn Won the Gold Glove fielding award for second basemen in 1980 and set a major-league record by hitting three triples in one game.

Now a member of four halls of fame, including the (State of) Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame! Since 2004, has served as an analyst for television broadcasts of Kentucky baseball and also has called games for the Cincinnati Reds. Won an Ohio Valley R

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