"At the height of his popularity, he did it not for fame or glory but for the love of the sport. He made it to each game, each practice. And he taught. He really knew baseball. And he really cared." Player Michael Raduazzo. In 1979, Marvin Lee Aday moved to Stamford. And like a lot of middle-aged parents, he wanted to get involved in local sports so he signed on to coach Little League baseball. Normally the story would end there, but Marvin Lee Aday was better known as Meat Loaf. Blondie, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper were regular spectators at the games. Chestnut Hill Park in North Stamford, walking distance from Meat Loaf’s house on Eagle Drive.