GREENSBORO, N.C. - Craig Gibson begged. As the coach at Mercer University for more than a decade, he knew how the system viewed small-school baseball. So he had relented before. But two autumns ago, as he tried to place Kyle Lewis on a Cape Cod League roster, Gibson could not capitulate.
Either someone in the prestigious showcase league would grant Lewis a full-time spot, or he wasn't coming for the summer.
"Man," Gibson said, "I had to threaten everyone I knew up there."
These days, Gibson keeps saying they should make a movie about his star outfielder.