Executives

No stranger to the Burlington Royals, Keur spent the 2011-2016 seasons with the Burlington Royals before heading down to Daytona Beach, Florida to serve as the Team President for the Daytona Tortugas. In March 2020, Keur acquired Burlington Baseball Inc. from long-time owner and legend of baseball, Miles Wolff. Wolff provided Keur with his first full-time job back in 2011 when Keur became the Assistant General Manager.

In October 2013, Keur was named the General Manager of the Burlington Royals and at the time became the youngest GM in all of baseball. Keur was named the Appalachian League Executive of the Year for each of the subsequent three seasons (2014, 2015 and 2016) while at the helm. The Burlington Royals were recognized by the Appalachian League as the Promotional Award of Excellence in 2015 and 2016. In 2015, Keur was the recipient of the Matt Minker Award from the Kansas City Royals as their Top Minor League Employee. During Keur's three years at the helm, the team achieved record highs in revenue, attendance and community involvement and promotional activity.

Following Keur's first season with the Daytona Tortugas, he was awarded Minor League Baseball's top two national honors. Keur was named both Baseball America and Ballpark Digest's 2017 Minor League Baseball Executive of the Year.

A graduate from Elon University, Keur was recently recognized in the Elon Top 10 Graduates in the Last 10 Years. Ryan is married to his wife Brittany, and they have a lovable ballpark dog, Barley. During his free time, Ryan enjoys anything involving competition and enjoys watching college basketball and college football.

Anderson is entering his 4th season with the Burlington Sock Puppets as the team's General Manager. In their inaugural season (2021) as the Sock Puppets, the club saw an attendance increase of over 30% from the last season of the Burlington Royals (2019). The second season of the Sock Puppets set record highs in total season and average game attendance while hosting the MLB Network nationally televised 2022 Appalachian League All-Star Game & Skills Competition. The Burlington Sock Puppets won Organization of the Year in 2022. The third season of the Sock Puppets saw an even greater jump in average attendance, as they averaged over 2,000 fans per game for the first time since the early 1990s.

Born and raised in Northern Ohio, Rathbun attended Clemson University and has made stops with the then Rookie Level Burlington Royals, Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens, and the then High-A Daytona Tortugas. When not at the ballpark, Anderson loves to be out on the golf course, get disappointed in Cleveland Sports, or hang out with his dog, Threaddie.