Ex-baseball players Andy Ashby, Trot Nixon, and Jeff Nelson receive thanks from Paratroopers assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division during a visit to Forward Operating Base, Iraq, Sept. 18, as part of the "Heroes of the Diamond" Tour. The retired MLB players signed autographs and spoke with the paratroopers during the two-hour visit about their experiences playing Major League Baseball.