All In a Day's Work: Dash president takes care of last-minute details

More than 7,000 people filled the new downtown baseball stadium for the first game of the Dash.

(By Laura Graff; Winston-Salem Journal) - The sun is setting over Winston-Salem as a baritone singer finishes the last bars of the "Star-Spangled Banner" inside BB&T Ballpark, the new $48.7 million downtown baseball stadium. More than 7,000 people erupt into cheers. A crate full of doves is released over the field, and moments later, two Air Force fighter jets roar overhead, sending the crowd into a frenzy.

Geoff Lassiter, the president of the Winston-Salem Dash, stands thumping his hands together in solid, slow claps. His eyes are bright.

"Don't have much longer now," he says, voice choking on emotion.