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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Thirty Octobers ago, Mike Caldwell helped lead the Brewers to two World Series wins. If his teammates had matched him, he might be a Dairyland Hero. Instead, he works down South, a pitching coach close to a famous golf course, content in anonymity.
Larry Ward and Will Poindexter run a rare two-man, long-tenured radio booth. When they started together, it was a veteran teaching a student. Now they are polished and quite entertaining.
Visalia’s groundskeeper was crushed by a car and their broadcaster wrote a book. Here are their tales from the field and the booth.
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.
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.
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.
