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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Alex Freedman knows firsthand that moving up in baseball can be a mixture of talent and timing. And once you get the nod, you have to perform.
He is an owner, a president and a professor, a husband, a father and a son, a salesman, a showman and a friend. He is also the most famous face today in the most fun family in all of baseball.
Donn Roach started the season with the Inland Empire 66ers. An early trade sent him to a California League rival — the Lake Elsinore Storm — and his stellar performance has followed.
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.
When the St. Louis Cardinals bought a minor league team and moved it 215 miles from Busch Stadium, they tapped one of their own to run the show and maintain the tradition of the storied franchise.
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.
