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 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.
On some days, general managers and groundskeepers are resident meteorologists. They try to predict when the storms will come, if they come at all, and when the players should take the field.
Visalia second baseman Michael Freeman worked his way into the California League record book thanks to a seven-hit night. He wants more.
For more than 40 years, Nancy Faust serenaded Chicago White Sox crowds. Now, more or less retired, she plays Sunday afternoons 45 miles to the west for the Kane County Cougars and their fans.
When the late Art Savage moved the River Cats from Vancouver to Sacramento, he wanted to build a stadium with private funds. Thanks to Dan Vistica, an old friend with decades of financial experience, the plan has succeeded.
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.
