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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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.
At home, the Timber Rattlers merchandise manager has a closet of jerseys, shirts and caps with team logos. At work, he makes the calls for what jerseys, shirts and caps wind up in the team shop. His expertise allows him to order brilliantly.
Mark Montgomery earned a spot in the record books just months into his career in the minors.
Twelve years ago, Ohio native Andy Rayburn bought a minor league baseball team in Florida because he thought it would be fun. It has been.
He is an owner, a president and a professor, a husband, a father and a son, a salesman, a showman and a friend. He is also the most famous face today in the most fun family in all of baseball.
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.
