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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Call Las Vegas what you want — The Marriage Capital of the World, The City of Second Chances, Sin City — just make sure you call it home to a minor league baseball team. The 51s play here, and they have stories to tell.
Tommy Viola intends to move from the colorful seats in Knights Stadium to BB&T Ballpark. The media relations director jumped teams to move up the ladder. Now, with the chance to open a new stadium, he is not going anywhere.
During the 1984 season, Sam Bernabe was an Iowa Cubs intern, pumping stormwater out of dugouts and cleaning locker rooms. Now he is president and general manager of the team and chairman of the minor league board of trustees.
Port St. Lucie had a diner and a gas station before the Mets came to town. Now it’s the ninth largest city in Florida.
Dunedin outfielder Michael Crouse has always had the raw talent to play baseball, just not the swing. Years of work have allowed his bat to catch up to the rest of his game.
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.
