Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
It isn’t unusual for a New York-Penn League team to have one or two players return for a second season at the Class A short-season level. But to have six returnees? Now, that is not normal....
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