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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Every year, minor leaguers throw a couple no-hitters — five or seven innings solo, nine innings combined, rarely nine innings solo — and all of them ultimately footnotes. There is no single list of minor league no-nos. They just fade away.
For more than a century, the Barons have been the heart of Birmingham baseball. Next year, they will move from the suburbs to a new downtown stadium.
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.
Every season, thousands of host families open their homes to young players. There are 21 host families in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, including Don and Robin Grawe, who landed a pair of future all-stars in their spare bedroom.
On Opening Day Eve, go deep inside the last preseason meetings for one of the top teams in the minor leagues — and learn how they continue to improve every year.
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.
