Johnny Bench sits back to watch his friend and songwriter Lee Thomas Miller sing live at “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench”, WKU’s Baseball’s First Pitch Banquet in the Diddle Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Adin Parks )From left: Karson Morgan, Terry Cole and Cole Morgan look at the silent auction during the WKU Baseball’s “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench” in the Diddle arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. Cole, a longtime Johnny Bench fan, explained that both Karson and Cole Morgan and other family members gifted him a ticket to the event for Christmas. (Dominic Di Palermo)Guests and WKU Baseball players gathered in the Diddle Arena for “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench” on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Dominic Di Palermo)Johnny Bench and Lee Thomas Miller sing a song live at “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench”, WKU’s Baseball’s First Pitch Banquet in the Diddle Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Adin Parks )Johnny Bench signed hats were among the silent auction items at “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench” in the Diddle arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Dominic Di Palermo)Les Forsythe watches the door as Johnny Bench makes photographs with participants of “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench”, WKU’s Baseball’s First Pitch Banquet in the Diddle Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Adin Parks )Baseball Head Coach Marc Rardin speaks during WKU Baseball’s “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench” in the Diddle arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Dominic Di Palermo)Johnny Bench emphasizes a point made in response to a question during the press conference of “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench” in the Diddle Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Adin Parks )Scott Skaggs of Edmonson County bids on a silent auction item during the WKU Baseball’s “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench” in the Diddle arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Dominic Di Palermo)Singer and songwriter Lee Thomas Miller sings at “A Night With Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench”, WKU’s Baseball’s First Pitch Banquet in the Diddle Arena on Saturday, Jan. 27. (Adin Parks )
