Someone said Dwyer has a shoe store so that he can have something to do in the winter. The Batavia story, however, is about young men pursuing a dream, a career in a game they previously had played for fun. This is the kids' first time away from home. A player is either shipped up or shipped out. You can't do down.
Hours are dreadfully long.
Work never seems to end and travel makes you weary of mind and body. The reward is survival. I don't want to wish anyone bad luck. I just want a fair shot at making it. There are about 200 players in the New York-Penn League, once called the PONY League when its teams were located in Pennsylvania, Ontario and New York.