NEWPORT GULLS BASEBALL OPERATIONS

Meet The Operations Team!

Our Operations Team

Eric Lindley - Director of Baseball Operations

Eric Lindley began his journey with the Newport Gulls in November of 2023, joining the Gulls staff as an intern and contributing to the planning and execution of the team's Sixth Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Silent Auction. A proud Rhode Island native, Eric is a former baseball player with Stonehill College's inaugural Division I program. Eric also served time as a Team Manager for Johnson & Wales' Division III Baseball Team. Now serving as the Director of Baseball Operations for the Newport Gulls, Eric oversees each aspect of pre and post season operations, as well as the coordination and execution of the Gulls' unique game-day experiences at Cardines Field, while continuing to strengthen and build the Newport Gulls' bond within communities across Aquidneck Island, Newport County, and all across Rhode Island!

Pat Webler - Director of Retail Operaions

Pat joined the Gulls staff in 2024 in the role of Director of Retail Operations. His responsibilities include the design and ordering of new apparel and souvenirs, maintaining the organization's inventory quantities and pricing detail, identifying new opportunities both locally and nationally to promote the Newport Gulls Brand, and managing the Online Gully Shop. He is also responsible for the assignment and training of the staff at the busy Cardines Field Gully Shop during the season. The volume of traffic we have in this department is sure to keep him busy and allow him to create success for the organization.

A 2021 Graduate of Southern CT State University, and further an MBA in Marketing from the same institution, Pat brings a wealth of education and knowledge to our staff and we are excited to watch him grow what has become a nationally recognized and sought after brand. Pat is no stranger to baseball either, as he was a Pitcher at the collegiate level, a Coach in the travel baseball circuit, and in fact played Summer Collegiate Baseball right here in the New England Collegiate Baseball League for the Sanford Mainers.

Don Savinon - Director of Concession Operations

Donny came on board in the summer of 2018, and has catapulted the Gulls Concession Operation to a level that is far and above the best in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Not only does he run the field concessions, but prepares our Team meals for both teams on game nights, Sponsor meals for our Clubhouse program, specialty events for Host families and other guests of the Gulls…basically anything to do with food and drink for our organization. His reputation with teams throughout the League on the post game meals is phenomenal, as they all look forward to the quality, quantity, and diverse selection of post game menus…unique for baseball programs at this level.

Donny is in the restaurant business, which gives him the skills and knowledge of buying right, maintaining inventory, protecting margins and understanding the importance of menus regardless of the level of the event we host. It has truly been a game changer for our organization. The challenges at our home stadium for serving and for lines at the concession stand has been consistently streamlined over the years, now even offering the ‘Gulls2Go’ program where our fans can order right from their seat and pickup at a designated station away from the in-game chaos of a baseball stadium.