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The inspiring underdog story of Brian Downing, who got cut in high school and college yet found a way to play 20 years in Major League Baseball.

Baseball

Brian Downing: The MLB All-Star Who Got Cut in High School and College

Meet the ultimate baseball underdog: a quiet kid with wire-framed glasses who never let any setback throw him off course, and willed himself to...

4 minutes ago
The inspiring underdog story of Jim Abbott, a one-armed pitcher who skipped the minor leagues, went straight to MLB, and threw a no-hitter for the Yankees The inspiring underdog story of Jim Abbott, a one-armed pitcher who skipped the minor leagues, went straight to MLB, and threw a no-hitter for the Yankees

Baseball

Jim Abbott: The One-Handed Pitcher Who Skipped the Minor Leagues

"Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse."

August 14, 2026
Telling the inspiring underdog story of Orel Hershiser, who went from flunking out of college and hitchhiking home to setting an unbreakable MLB record Telling the inspiring underdog story of Orel Hershiser, who went from flunking out of college and hitchhiking home to setting an unbreakable MLB record

Baseball

From Hitchhiking Home To Making MLB History: The Orel Hershiser Story

“I flunked out, my girlfriend broke up with me, I ran away from home, I started hitchhiking..."

July 31, 2026
The inspiring underdog story of Wade Meckler, from extremely undersized high schooler to walking on at a D1 powerhouse to playing for his favorite childhood MLB team The inspiring underdog story of Wade Meckler, from extremely undersized high schooler to walking on at a D1 powerhouse to playing for his favorite childhood MLB team

Baseball

How Wade Meckler Went From 75-Pound High School Freshman to Playing for His Favorite Childhood MLB Team

“You’re half the size of everyone else, so you’re going to have to play twice as hard as everyone else and work twice as...

July 18, 2026
The inspiring underdog story of pitcher Louis Varland, who went from Division 2 college baseball at Concordia-St. Paul to MLB All-Star The inspiring underdog story of pitcher Louis Varland, who went from Division 2 college baseball at Concordia-St. Paul to MLB All-Star

Baseball

How Louis Varland Went From Unknown 449th Overall Pick to All-Star MLB Closer

How a late-blooming D2 pitcher became an MLB All-Star.

July 9, 2026
The inspiring underdog story of Billy Wagner, who went from undersized kid in a poor family, to teaching himself how to throw left-handed, to walking on at a Division 3 school, to becoming a first-round MLB Draft pick and Baseball Hall of Famer. The inspiring underdog story of Billy Wagner, who went from undersized kid in a poor family, to teaching himself how to throw left-handed, to walking on at a Division 3 school, to becoming a first-round MLB Draft pick and Baseball Hall of Famer.

Baseball

How an Undersized D3 Pitcher Broke Every Rule on His Way to the Hall of Fame

“If you go through what I went through as a kid, not knowing if I was going to eat or who I was going...

July 1, 2026