"It's not every day that you get an opportunity to play pro ball," he said.

After less than two years, he decided to give pro ball another shot across the Atlantic.

It wasn't long before I realized how different the world of pro ball in the 1990's was from my day.

He's carrying the same 210 pounds he brought with him into pro ball.

He hit 26 homers in his first full season of pro ball.

She'd love to play a few years of pro ball, if the opportunity presents itself, and then become a second grade teacher.

I never had pro ball as a goal until last year.

Now, he wants to play pro ball and then go to med school.

He was 36, out of pro ball for more than four years.

This is pro ball now, the real world, and welcome to it.