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.
Find Out More >Two years ago, the Tampa Bay Rays grabbed three Seattle high schoolers in the first three rounds of the draft. Drew Vettleson, left, Ryan Brett, center, and Josh Sale have been together ever since.
When he started to sell tickets, sponsorships and the value of his teams, Eric Edelstein turned to gaudy jewelry to make folks think he was older — or at least as old — as he really was. He still wears big rings, but now his success speaks enough.
Every year, minor leaguers throw a couple no-hitters — five or seven innings solo, nine innings combined, rarely nine innings solo — and all of them ultimately footnotes. There is no single list of minor league no-nos. They just fade away.
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.
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.