The Royals' Difference Maker

Some life stories can truly lift your spirits, like this one about the third base coach for the Kansas City Royals. Comes from the site SportsOnEarth .com, and starts like this:

By Phil Rogers

KANSAS CITY -- In a house in the middle of Clintonville, a small town to the west of Green Bay, Wisc., it's not unusual for the telephone to ring at 1 or 2 in the morning during the summer and, this year anyway, the fall.

While middle-of-the-night calls can be alarming, that's not as true as when life has unhooked you... READ THE REST w/PHOTOS .