Life moves full throttle, no brakes.
Former Coastal Carolina baseball standout Mike Morrison knows that better than most. Mere days after reaching the pinnacle of his college career, the Gilbert native found himself on the road headed toward his first assignment in Kannapolis, N.C., as a minor leaguer.
“There was no down time. I was home for like two days, and then (the Chicago White Sox) sent me straight to (Low-A) Kannapolis,” he said. “So I got in my car one morning, hadn’t thrown a baseball in two days, got up there and the coach asks if I can pitch that night.