Donny Baarns has a story to tell.
Donny Baarns prepares to call a spring training game for the Oakland A’s, part of a years-long journey he hopes will end in the major leagues, much like the players he observes.Caitlin O'Hara for The New York Times
MESA, Ariz. — His dream felt tantalizingly close.
He had broadcast more than 1,000 games in the minors. But now, out on the field, the Oakland A’s were playing the Cleveland Indians. This was different. This was what it was like in the big leagues.
After all the years of wanting and wishing and working, afternoons like this one made Donny Baarns feel like he just might make it.