49th-Inning Stretch
Both the players and the announcer have the same dreams of going to the major leagues. The difference between the players and announcer Mike Capps is that none of the young men on the roster of the Round Rock Express earned an Emmy nomination, covered the Persian Gulf War for CNN, or did a 10-hour marathon broadcast of the end of the 51-day Branch Davidian siege in Waco.
"...would expect to find two rungs removed from the major leagues. A 6-foot-3, 210-lb. rock of an athlete, he..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Sports Feature by Mike Butts