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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He hired Katie Couric and Bryant Gumbel, called the shots on the front page of the Wall Street Journal and has a Pulitzer Prize in his office. But when the Iowa owner shows up to the park, he just wants to talk with fans and keep score.
Most folks at Chukchansi Park know little about the man in leftfield — even that baseball has helped save him.
During the 1984 season, Sam Bernabe was an Iowa Cubs intern, pumping stormwater out of dugouts and cleaning locker rooms. Now he is president and general manager of the team and chairman of the minor league board of trustees.
Over the last last eight seasons, RiverDogs assistant general manager Harold Craw has helped promote the team to minorities. Proof of his success shows up every night in the seats.
More than six years have passed since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. The Zephyrs were out of the state when the storm hit, but eight miles west of the Superdome and the city, they still think about the aftermath.
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.
