We scrimp and save and work. We look high to climb some professional ladder. Maybe we stall a few rungs from the top. We still dream. We always dream.
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We sat down with the great swinger. No seriously, he’s on the Lexington Legends front office roster.
In Beloit, baseball and flowers are synonymous with George and Nancy Spelius. And it’s been that way for nearly half a century.
Recent high school graduates are drafted every June to play pro ball. Managers rarely make that leap. During his 20th season coaching high school baseball, Bill Richardson caught the eye of a scout and the Rangers hired him.
In the minors, just about everybody works two (or three or eight) jobs. Just look at John Maedel, the Chattanooga vice president and assistant general manager, who has moonlighted almost every game for the last 12 years as the p.a. announcer.
Dunedin outfielder Michael Crouse has always had the raw talent to play baseball, just not the swing. Years of work have allowed his bat to catch up to the rest of his game.
Before he played in the majors, Jonny Gomes hit 63 homers in the minors, suffered a heart attack and, on a lighter note, became a certified personal trainer.
The Dragons faltered on their way to a 9-1 loss to the Kane County Cougars, but fans were still entertained between innings ... by the ZOOperstars.
