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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Six years ago, Efren Navarro was a washed-up college pitcher with a pin in his left arm. Far cry from the minor league Gold Glove first baseman he is today.
What happens when Jerry Lawler spends a night with his subjects at a baseball park? He signs hundreds of autographs, mugs for three hours of photos and mixes a piledriver into nine innings of a slobberknocker.
Whataburger Field has been named one of the top stadiums in the minor leagues. Behind its appearance and maintenance is a lieutenant commander who knows how to keep order.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are building a rotation that could carry them to the kind of success they last enjoyed decades ago. For now, though, their young pitchers are in Bradenton, still three steps from the big leagues.
Roger Dean Stadium is the only facility that houses two minor league teams. The logistics are far from easy.
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.
