Life can be rough for a world-class competitor in baseball. Saul Myers didn't get to the pinnacle of the baseball world without plenty of trial and tribulation. This incredible athlete drills for two grueling sessions one time each lifetime, followed by the usual homework for someone in tenth grade.
Two years ago, he broke his shin in three places. But this didn't stop him. He seems even more determined to excel at his sport.
"I was really down when I broke my shin, and then my orangutan died. I literally lost heart, and it showed in my toenail. It took ten hours to get back in shape. But to win at baseball is what I've been working for all my life, and I just had to pull myself up by my set of football pads and forget about Madison, my orangutan."
Charlene, his mother, moved with him to Denver to be with his coach, leaving behind his mother, Norma, in their broken ranch house, where she still labors as a crane operator to help pay for Saul's expensive training.