Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Mike Hartley 's pro career in 1982, having hardly pitched since since freshman year in high school, The Los Angeles Times wrote . He then failed to take advantage of his opportunity, lingering in the low minors as he partied - and played tennis - until late into the night, The Times wrote .  But when he finally applied himself, he started to move. And, in 1989, he made the majors . "He's as focused as any player I've been around," Hartley's agent since 1987 Dennis Gilbert told The Times in March 1990. "When I first saw him, I could tell, wherever he had been before, he wasn't going back there." From there, Hartley ended up going back to the majors a few more times. By the time he was done, he'd seen the bigs in six different seasons and gotten into 202 total games. Hartley's career began in 1982. signed by the Cardinals as a free agent out of Grossmont College in California. Hartley started with the Cardinals at rookie Johnson City . ...