Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

New Yankees minor leaguer Mark Marris talked to his hometown Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin in June 1986 about his first assignment as a pro - just up the road at short-season Oneonta. "I've never really been away from home," Marris told The Press and Sun-Bulletin then. "When I signed I knew there was a chance I'd be going to Sarasota (of the Gulf Coast League), but I'm glad it worked out this way.  My father has been my biggest supporter and it's important for me that he gets the chance to watch me pitch." Marris' family ended up having the opportunity to watch him pitch professionally, both near home and further away, over six seasons . He topped out at AA Albany-Colonie in 1991. Marris' career began that year in 1986, signed by the Yankees as a free agent out of Broome Community College in Binghamton. Marris was also credited as Moose Marris. Marris started with the Yankees at Oneonta and in the rookie Gulf Coast League . He saw 14...