 According to the episode "Venus and the Man" he graduated from Carlisle State Teachers College.In the episode "Sparky", he mentions having played baseball in the minor leagues (at the double-A level) in Texas for a couple of years; however, this is never mentioned again, and from the context of the conversation, it's possible Sims was exaggerating or even fibbing about this experience in order to make a connection with former baseball player/manager Sparky Anderson, who had just been hired at WKRP.At the age of 22, Sims was drafted into the U. S. Army and served in the Vietnam War.