quote:Originally posted by PGStaff:
Guess due to what we do, we have many very inspirational stories. Currently there are over 250 Major League players we have had the privilege of watching when they were younger.
There are many great stories, maybe we will tell them some day. Also, my own son is an inspirational story.
Here are just some of the ones we know who have a great story behind their success, that should be told. Every story is different.
Joe Votto
Carl Crawford
Brian McCann
Adam Jones
Zach Duke
David Aardsma
Dana Eveland
Dustin McGowan
Mike Morse
Pat Neshek
JR Towles
Wesley Wright
Cliff Pennington
Dexter Fowler
Gabby Sanchez
Colby Rasmus
Trevor Crowe
Phillip Walters
Chris Leroux
Jason Berken
Tommy Hanson
Buster Posey
Daniel Hudson
Gerardo Parra
Johnny Venters
Brennan Boesch
John Ely
Lance Zawadzki
Mike Napoli
Jason Heyward
And perhaps the best story of all…
Stephen Strasburg
Every player mentioned above is different. From first rounder to Free Agent, but they all had certain things in common and they made it happen to one extent or another. They all have an inspirational story to tell. The Carl Crawford story is absolutely amazing.
Pretty hard to beat the Daniel Nava story though.
The Nava story is something to behold. Jonny Venters was a skinny lefty scout team team mate of my son in 2003, who maybe hit 84 or 85 on the gun as he headed to a middle of the pack juco program. The Braves took him as a DNF and signed him 5 or 6 years ago. Man, did they teach how to pitch since then. That guy really play now.