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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He wanted to crunch numbers, then he wanted to pour beer, now he just wants a view. A look inside the world of Rocky Vonachen.
And why do we have to look back to the story of a man gone nearly 50 years for an answer?
The Memphis Redbirds poured more than $2 million into a new video board with the hope to engage fans in new ways every game. Until then, they can at least say they have the biggest board in the minors.
Todd Baker spends every inning of every Mississippi Braves game out in the bullpen in full uniform, waiting to work. He will never step on the field during a game, though. Such is the life of a minor league bullpen catcher.
Lenn Sakata is 58 and in his eighth season as a California League manager. Remembered as the second Asian-American in the Majors and the last Orioles shortstop before Cal Ripken Jr., he still loves the game.
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.
