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Tarantula Delays Part Of Daily Life For Players In The Independent Pecos League

Ask any professional baseball player and they will tell you they dream of playing in the Major Leagues one day. For the players in the Independent Pecos League in Southern New Mexico, what the players go through in pursuit of those dreams is pretty amazing. On perhaps the furthest fringes of professional baseball players in the Pecos League deal with small crowds, $100 a week, and even tarantula delays. Amazing read on the sacrifices independent league players make in pursuit of their dreams.

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