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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Nineteen years ago, Threshers manager Chris Truby, third from left, was a kid in his first spring training. Then he found a mentor who helped him reach the Majors.
The Mobile BayBears turned the childhood home of Hank Aaron into a museum so his legacy will never be forgotten.
Of the five Mississippi Braves starting pitchers, four landed on the Southern League all-star team. Though their performances on the field this season have been similar, just about everything else about them is different.
Thirty Octobers ago, Mike Caldwell helped lead the Brewers to two World Series wins. If his teammates had matched him, he might be a Dairyland Hero. Instead, he works down South, a pitching coach close to a famous golf course, content in anonymity.
The weather is miserable, the stadium is crumbling and the siren song of Los Angeles rings from the south, so, yeah, go ahead and laugh at Bakersfield. Just know the colorful cast of the Blaze could be on the brink of a baseball renaissance.
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.
