Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

After a successful enough first season in the minors, Dale Burgo told his hometown Fall River Herald News in March 1989 his hopes for Year 2. "I feel great ... I'm pitching well and my main goal for the season is to move up from wherever I start the season," Burgo told The Herald News . Burgo ended up playing an abbreviated year at single-A Lynchburg . He then played two more seasons. He topped out at high-A.  Burgo's career began in 1988, signed by the Red Sox as a free agent out New Bedford High School in Massachusetts. Burgo started with the Red Sox at single-A Winter Haven . He went 6-16 on the year over 30 outings, 26 starts. He had a 3.86 ERA. He moved to Lynchburg for 1989. He saw nine starts, limited by elbow problems . He then played 1990 between Winter Haven and the rookie Gulf Coast League. He saw another nine starts that year. Burgo returned to regular duty for 1991 at Lynchburg. That August, Burgo picked up the final eight outs of a win, five by stri...