The Real Life Crash Davis

I remember watching Bull Durham back in the day wondering who the hell would play minor league baseball for 15 years without ever getting called up to the bigs for any extensive period of time. Low and behold there is someone out there. John Lindsey has been in the Dodgers farm system for 16 years and never got called up until this week. I admire his perseverance and determination to continue to follow his dream and do what he loves despite all the adversity. Most people are not mentally or emotionally strong enough to endure the minors for that long. I wonder if he's been afraid to try something else because baseball is all he knows or if he was committed to see this thing through to the end. In either case his story is an inspiration to all of us to stay positive and eventually your opportunity will come. Ironically he got into a game as a pinch hitter last week. As he stood in the on deck circle the opposing team made a pitching change and decided to go with a rightie. Joe Torre called him back to the dug out before he ever got a chance to stand in a major league batters box. Somehow I think he has the patience to wait until the next time he gets a chance. Good luck John.