Warren Cromartie

Warren Livingston Cromartie (born September 29, 1953) is an American former professional baseball player best remembered for his early career with the Montreal Expos. Nicknamed "Cro", he was incredibly popular with the fans in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He won the 1989 Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award during his career playing baseball in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants. Cromartie is an accomplished drummer, and has jammed with Canadian rock band Rush. A blueprint for the fictional "Warren Cromartie Secondary School" appears on the back cover of Rush's 1982 release, [m7771], and Cromartie is thanked in the album's liner notes. While in Japan, Cromartie formed an R&B band called Climb with David Rosenthal of Rainbow. Rush lead singer Geddy Lee appears on the track "Who's Missin' Who".