Tommy Nance

Yeah, Atlantic League's big.

Again, I don't really know what leagues there are anymore.

I think a lot of merged and expanded.

But, yeah, I was in the Frontier League.

I was with the Windy City Thunderbolts in 2015.

And how I got over there was actually kind of a crazy story, too.

So, like, this is post-surgery, post-degree.

I'm like, okay, what now?

Like, I'm out of baseball for two years.

Like, how do I get back into baseball?

A buddy of mine played for the Traverse City Beach Bums, which is in that same league.

And so they have what's called the California Winter League out in Palm Springs, which is basically just like a winter league for college guys trying to continue to play.

And he put me in contact with his head coach.

And me and my dad, we drove out to Palm Springs and I threw a bullpen for him.

It was a really good bullpen.

Unfortunately, they weren't looking to sign anybody who hadn't pitched since having TJ yet.

But luckily out of that, I got invited to a little party.

workout for the Diamondbacks.

There just happened to be some scouts with the Diamondbacks there at the field when I threw the bullpen, like other side of the field.

And they liked what they saw.