Awesome piece by John Lott on the Bluefield Blue Jays.
http://bluejaysnation.com/2016/6/29/...-professionals
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Holmberg’s players – including 17-year-old prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – are among the least experienced in the Toronto system and the least accustomed to the daily grind of pro ball. They also quickly discover they are not nearly as polished as they once thought, back in their star-studded amateur days.
All of that is old hat to Holmberg, but it is not old. This is his 38 th consecutive season as a manager or coach in the Blue Jays’ system, mostly in the short-season, small-town venues like Auburn (no longer a Toronto farm club) and Bluefield (added to the system in 2011). He is content there, for he is a teacher at heart.
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