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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Tim Hagerty developed an interest in minor league team names almost a decade ago. Now he is an expert on the subject — and the author of the definitive guide to monikers new and old.
The Kansas City Royals have already called up handfuls of their top prospects. A few, including minor league home run leader Wil Myers, are still with the Omaha Storm Chasers. Their day will come.
During the 1984 season, Sam Bernabe was an Iowa Cubs intern, pumping stormwater out of dugouts and cleaning locker rooms. Now he is president and general manager of the team and chairman of the minor league board of trustees.
Mac McDermott collected decades of Sacramento sports history as a hobby. Then his wife died. He retired and retreated to his binders and spreadsheets filled with names and numbers. Now the River Cats are helping him keep his passion and his wife’s spirit alive.
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Mike Melega never imagined a college catering gig would get him a job in baseball. The Drillers offered him an internship. He bit at the chance. Now, 19 seasons later as general manager, the job is still serving new challenges.
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.
