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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Five years ago, Dirk Hayhurst was a middle reliever in the low minors. Today, he writes bestsellers about the game. What changed?
For more than 40 years, Nancy Faust serenaded Chicago White Sox crowds. Now, more or less retired, she plays Sunday afternoons 45 miles to the west for the Kane County Cougars and their fans.
Unicycles, backflips, bleacher racing, break dancing — every one of them is in Kelley Millsap’s mascot repertoire.
Thirty Octobers ago, Mike Caldwell helped lead the Brewers to two World Series wins. If his teammates had matched him, he might be a Dairyland Hero. Instead, he works down South, a pitching coach close to a famous golf course, content in anonymity.
Most folks at Chukchansi Park know little about the man in leftfield — even that baseball has helped save him.
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.
