January 14, 2019
How Tracie Speca-Ventura combines sports and art
Tracie Speca-Ventura walked by a Caifornia art gallery with sports exhibits in 1989 when she was just 19.
“I thought, this is super cool. There was a help wanted sign,” she said. “I went in and said I didn’t know anything about art, but I know a lot about sports and know how to sell.”
Speca-Ventura had just spent a summer serving as an assistant to Pete Rose and his family when he managed the Cincinnati Reds. Speca-Ventura’s father, Lee Speca, was Rose’s minor league roommate in 1961.
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