The email is still in yours truly’s account.

“It’s Green and GOLD…..not yellow!,” it said, with a couple of letter-made smile faces to follow.

That was the late former Nashua Mayor Don Davidson’s way of admonishing this scribe when he he had written the Green Bay Packers’ colors as Green and Yellow.

Ooopsie.

But hey, Davidson, who passed away this weekend after years of battling illness, wouldn’t let you get away with a mistake like that. He’d be passionate about something and that was that.

And oh was he ever passionate about the Pack.

But, as you head to Holman Stadium this week for any of the Nashua Silver Knights games, take a look around. He was passionate about that ballpark.

Yes, you can look at the modern facility, luxury boxes, etc., all from renovations of 2002 and indirectly link it to him. Stellos Stadium as well.

Yes, former Mayor Bernie Streeter was in office for both, and deserves the credit. Those were his orders. But Davidson, whom Streeter beat in an election in 1999, foresaw a lot of that happening, supported the concept while in office, because it was Davidson that brought the Nashua Pride to the city.

Davidson wanted something professional , or substantive baseball tenant for the facility for summers. But it had to be legitimate. He was the first to boot a team from the stadium, ousting the ill-fated and not too legitimate Nashua Hawks of the late independent North Atlantic Baseball League (NABL) in August of 1996. The Don was flexing his muscles.

And two years later, something no one envisioned took place: thousands flocked to see popular former Red Sox first baseman Mo Vaughn walk in from the outfield to embrace Pride manager Mike Easler in the franchise’s debut. A night forever a part of local history.

Davidson, you see, opened his office door to Atlantic League founder Frank Boulton, Boulton found team owner Chris English, and English and his general manger Billy Johnson worked closely with City Hall. English, by the way saw his latest team, the Vermont Lake Monsters, make its Futures Collegiate League home debut Saturday night in Burlington, Vt.

Davidson, who could be pretty direct, didn’t buy the naysayers’ argument that Holman was only for youth and shouldn’t have a professional team. It became an issue during his election joust with Streeter, so much so the Pride and English actually formally endorsed the Mayor.

He was in office when he endorsed the Pride bringing in the God of Sod, George Toma, to work with the Park Recreation crew at Holman. Yes, that George Toma who has been in charge of the field for every Super Bowl ever played.

Sure, politics is politics, but let’s keep in mind the impact Davidson had on the local sports world, indirectly helping what it is today.

And yes, this scribe, when in New Orleans for the Bill Parcells-coached New England Patriots Super Bowl vs. the Green Bay Packers, certainly gave a call to City Hall to hear what the Mayor thought of who would win, and talked to him afterward as well. Those columns are somewhere in somebody’s basement, perhaps.

But make no mistake, Davidson knew what he was doing. He got one bad pro tenant out and another great one in, leaving Holman without a tenant for just a year. The Pride brought us a lot of fun for a decade.

Sports and politics are often connected, and Davidson knew that. And here we are, 23 years later after the Pride debut, still seeing fun games at Holman.

Take your place in Nashua’s sports history, Mayor. And rest in peace while you root for your beloved Green and Gold Packers from above.

Tom King can be reached at tking@nashuatelegraph.com, or on twitter @Telegraph _TomK.

(Editor’s note: Coming in Dean Shalhoup’s column in the June 6 Sunday Telegraph: Additional highlights of Don Davidson’s life and various careers, plus tributes from people who knew him, and photos from over the years).