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Sixteen Hours in a Summer Ballplayer's Day
From a 6 a.m. alarm to a midnight bus home, one Redding player's ordinary game day is anything but ordinary.
The league's northernmost club, the Rapids are a scrappy, development-focused program that has steadily closed the gap on the Valley's heavyweights.
Their young rosters play hard and improve as the summer goes on.
The newest charter-era franchise, the Rapids are still chasing a first postseason appearance but have produced several breakout prospects.
From a 6 a.m. alarm to a midnight bus home, one Redding player's ordinary game day is anything but ordinary.
Redding's long losing streak ended on the arm and bat of first-year backstop Diego Salcedo.