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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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.
Unicycles, backflips, bleacher racing, break dancing — every one of them is in Kelley Millsap’s mascot repertoire.
Dave Heller unfurled a series of new ideas for the Quad Cities River Bandits almost as soon as he purchased the team five seasons ago. He has plenty more in store.
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.
Patrick Laredo started working for the Missions as a fill-in for no pay. Now he runs the mascot show.
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.
