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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The Detroit Tigers have a dozen of their top prospects together in Lakeland for another season of games, lessons and development. What are the challenges of working with such a talented group? And how many will make it north to Comerica Park?
Kurt Brown learned to captivate audiences as a 3-year-old crooning old country tunes for farmers. He still knows how to entertain crowds. Now it’s mainly at the ballpark and during local elections.
In the minors, just about everybody works two (or three or eight) jobs. Just look at John Maedel, the Chattanooga vice president and assistant general manager, who has moonlighted almost every game for the last 12 years as the p.a. announcer.
Kane County righty reliever Michael Giovenco is 24 and still lives at home. He loves every day.
Todd Stephenson knew little about baseball when the Red Sox hired him in 1999 as interim general manager in Sarasota, Florida. Now he plays a crucial role in the Major League team’s operations in two states.
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.
