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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Almost four years ago, two strangers met in an office building in the biggest little city in the world. Their love story has played out ever since in a baseball stadium.
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.
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.
Rodney Linares played his last professional game when he was 21 years old. That was a decade and a half ago. Today, he is one of the rising stars in the world of minor league managers.
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?
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.
