Minor-league baseball is one of the most pleasant ways to spend an evening. Even if you don’t care about the big-league franchise associated with the team, seeing these professional ballplayers before they’ve made it big can be a really cool experience.
I was 16 when the Angels moved their High-A team from Palm Springs to my hometown of Lake Elsinore, and I spent over a hundred evenings at The Diamond during my last two years of high school. I watched future big leaguers like Darin Erstad, Bengie Molina, Paul Lo Duca, Todd Greene, Bill Mueller, Scott Spiezio, Raul Ibanez, Paul Konerko, Jose Cruz Jr.