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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For the top prospect in baseball, even three bad nights in August are better than the best nights for most players. Why do we not want to see that?
The weather is miserable, the stadium is crumbling and the siren song of Los Angeles rings from the south, so, yeah, go ahead and laugh at Bakersfield. Just know the colorful cast of the Blaze could be on the brink of a baseball renaissance.
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.
Peoria radio broadcaster Nathan Baliva lives to call games. With his year-round schedule of games all over the state — the Chiefs, colleges and high schools — he loves to call them, too.
Brad Starr worked childhood afternoons in dugouts and on diamonds. Now a few years older than most minor league players, he is one of the top clubhouse managers without a Major League job.
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.
