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What Do Refugio, Corpus Christi &
Nolan Ryan Have In Common?
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IN THE COASTAL BEND AND LRGV
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BY ROGER WILLIAMS
“Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd;
Just buy me some peanuts & Cracker Jack;
I don’t care if I never get back…”
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– Jack Norworth & Albert Vol Tilzer
rowing up in the 50’s and 60’s as the son of a journeyman sports writer for the
San Antonio Express/News I led a tough life during summer breaks from school.
Those dog days-of-summer consisted of playing golf with friends then going
out to the ballpark for a minor league baseball game in the evening. Minor
league baseball! A path of uneven steppingstones utilized by Major League baseball clubs
to develop young (and sometimes old) talent to perform in the big leagues.
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