One thing fifteen years of playing minor-league ball had taught him was how to roll with the punches.

He'd spent his whole adult life, up till the Lizards came, playing minor-league ball.

After being chosen 19th in baseball's June 1983 draft, he dominated the two levels of minor-league ball in which he pitched that summer.

But they say the groupies in minor-league ball are a lot less attractive than Susan Sarandon.

He played minor-league ball there and moved up through the coaching ranks and served as interim manager in 1996 and 1999.

That it is minor-league ball is seemingly of no concern to the fans.

But with minor-league ball you say, 'Gee, it's a great night.

Part of the interest in minor-league ball is simply the momentum carried here by the success of franchises elsewhere.

In minor-league ball, he said, "You can go and watch 25 kids who are chasing the American dream, making $1,100 a month and playing because they love to play."

Kurt Russell, who played minor-league ball in real life, also expresses interest in being on the team.