Edgar Gonzalez realizes the dream Premium Story

Edgar Gonzalez
By John Conniff
MadFriars.com
Date: May 13, 2008

PORTLAND, OR: When you are a 30th-round pick - if you get a free pair of spikes from the team that drafted you, well then you just received your signing bonus. The opportunities to make the big leagues, and getting on the short-season minor league team is no picnic either – close to winning the lottery.

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