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.
AutoZone Park is the most expensive minor league park ever built. With a price tag of more than $80 million, it feels like part of the Majors, but the Redbirds have found a lavish home doesn’t make success easier.
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.
The Miami Marlins want their young players to learn, grow and win together — which is why manager Andy Haines moved right up to Jupiter along with some of the top prospects in the organization.
Want to learn how to couple baseball and wedded bliss? Just ask Buck and Babs Rogers, whose marriage has lasted through stops with three minor league teams — and is still going strong.
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.
