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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Of the five Mississippi Braves starting pitchers, four landed on the Southern League all-star team. Though their performances on the field this season have been similar, just about everything else about them is different.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are building a rotation that could carry them to the kind of success they last enjoyed decades ago. For now, though, their young pitchers are in Bradenton, still three steps from the big leagues.
The Gwinnett Braves assistant general manager was flexible when her boss asked if she would answer phones for his minor league team. What started as a way to make money while in school has led to nearly two decades in the game.
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.
Zach Lee might not have the prettiest statistics for the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, but he is quickly developing into one of the top pitchers in the California League.
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.
