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 >Keith Winter spent 25 years in television because it paid the bills and allowed him time to coach his three boys. While caring for his sons’ baseball fields, he found his true calling.
Duane Espy manages in one league. His son, Dean, plays in another. Two states and more than 700 miles separate them every night, but Duane never misses an opportunity to follow each pitch.
Recent high school graduates are drafted every June to play pro ball. Managers rarely make that leap. During his 20th season coaching high school baseball, Bill Richardson caught the eye of a scout and the Rangers hired him.
In Beloit, baseball and flowers are synonymous with George and Nancy Spelius. And it’s been that way for nearly half a century.
The Stockton Ports have a roster filled with young players raised on social media and comfortable in the digital world. Outfielder Rashun Dixon might just be the most entertaining — and outspoken — of the bunch.