Summary
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Realism is overrated. Putting it aside makes possible some sweet things, such as the idea of Santa Claus. And the fact of minor-league baseball.
This city's RiverDogs play at The Joe - the Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. Their rivals in the Sally - actually, South Atlantic - League include the Delmarva Shorebirds and Hagerstown Suns from Maryland; the Lake County Captains from Ohio; the Lakewood BlueClaws from New Jersey; the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Hickory Crawdads, Asheville Tourists and Kannapolis Intimidators from North Carolina; the West Virginia Power from another Charleston; the Lexington Legends from Kentucky; the Columbus Catfish, Rome Braves, Augusta GreenJackets and Savannah Sand Gnats from Georgia, and the Greenville Bombers from just up the road. Such small cities and towns that are incubators of big dreams.See the full content of this document
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Minor-League Ball Offers Major Enjoyment
TALK TO THE players, most of them under age 23, and you will find few, if any, who do not believe they are bound for glory - for Yankee Stadium, the RiverDogs being a Yankee single-...
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