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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Patrick Laredo started working for the Missions as a fill-in for no pay. Now he runs the mascot show.
David Hawkins dreamed of selling grilled cheese sandwiches. A decade later, he is still making the American staple in a wooden wedge he nailed together and painted yellow.
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.
Keith Winter spent 25 years in television because it paid the bills and allowed him time to coach his three boys. While caring for his sons’ baseball fields, he found his true calling.
The last time Jay Bell spent a full season in the minors, he was 20 and a promising young shortstop in Waterbury. Today, he is 46 and a promising young hitting coach in Mobile.
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.
