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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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.
Steve Klauke will never say how important he is to the Salt Lake Bees. Make no mistake, though, the veteran radio broadcaster — now in his 19th season with the team — has helped connect the Bees with their listeners and fans.
The Tennessee manager is in his first season with the Smokies, but managed his first team more than three decades ago when he was still in his 20s. The games have piled up over time — 4,000? Maybe 5,000? Who knows? Not Bailey.
Athletic trainer Travis Tims used to be in charge of getting the team’s laundry and equipment from stadium to stadium. There’s a reason he now makes checklists.
Every year, minor leaguers throw a couple no-hitters — five or seven innings solo, nine innings combined, rarely nine innings solo — and all of them ultimately footnotes. There is no single list of minor league no-nos. They just fade away.
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.
