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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Mike Melega never imagined a college catering gig would get him a job in baseball. The Drillers offered him an internship. He bit at the chance. Now, 19 seasons later as general manager, the job is still serving new challenges.
He is an owner, a president and a professor, a husband, a father and a son, a salesman, a showman and a friend. He is also the most famous face today in the most fun family in all of baseball.
Former Rangers third baseman Steve Buechele spent more than a decade in Major League dugouts. He has spent spent the last back in dugouts — in the minors.
In a promotion much like opposite day, the Rome Braves served hot dogs in hamburger buns, read lineups in Spanish and even dressed their male on-field entertainment in women’s clothing.
The Tourists still play in old McCormick Field, but have new owners and a new concessions philosophy. No matter how packed the park is, the lines are always long.
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.
