chasing the dream

Chasing The Dream: The Jake Skole Story and Interview

June 13, 2012 // 1 Comment

As a two sport athlete out of Blessed Trinity High School, Jake Skole made a quick decision to bypass college and begin his professional journey to the big leagues. In each step of that journey so far Jake has been one of the youngest players in each of the leagues he has played in. Yet he continues to learn and adjust as he chases his dream to the major leagues. [...]

Chasing The Dream: The Kevin Gausman Story and Interview

May 31, 2012 // 1 Comment

With the 2012 Major League Baseball draft less than one week away there is much talk all over baseball and the internet about the upcoming draft. One of the potential top five picks that has been getting a lot of buzz from the national writers and publications is LSU Pitcher Kevin Gausman. While Gausman is close to turning to page to the next chapter of his baseball career he still has a few paragraphs to write with the LSU Tigers. [...]

Chasing The Dream: The James Paxton Story and Interview

May 25, 2012 // 3 Comments

Growing up in Canada, most youngsters dream of being the next Lemieux, Gretzky or Crosby, not James Paxton however, as he dreamed of becoming the next Randy Johnson or Andy Pettitte. In our lastest installment of Chasing The Dream we take a look at James Paxton as he rises through the Mariners system and gets close to making his debut in the big leagues. [...]

Chasing The Dream: The Justin Bianco Story and Interview

May 14, 2012 // 3 Comments

In the early rounds of the 2011 MLB Draft the Arizona Diamondbacks drafted a duo of prospects from the Western Pennsylvania area. Already featured here on Chasing The Dream is one half of that duo, John Leonard. Now we take a look at the other half Justin Bianco as he also begins his journey through the minor leagues to reach his goal of making it to the major leagues. [...]

Chasing The Dream: The Matt Bywater Story and Interview

April 25, 2012 // 1 Comment

In 2010 the Baltimore Orioles selected left-handed starting pitcher Matt Bywater in the seventh round. While most college pitchers sign relatively fast Bywater considered putting off his chase of a major league baseball career for his senior season at Pepperdine. In the final hours before the deadline period was to end, Bywater ultimately decided to begin his pursuit of the majors. [...]

Friday Five: Kleinknecht Pitches His Way To Victory

April 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

In this weeks Friday Five we take a look at unique performance by infielder Barrett Kleinknecht who pitched instead of hit his way to victory. Also we highlight the performances of Tony Thomas, Jake Brigham, Cameron Selik and Drew Vettleson who all had impressive weeks on the diamond [...]