CINCINNATI – Lorenzo Cain was designated for assignment Saturday, but conventional wisdom would tell you he wasn’t supposed to make it to this point.
In a sport in which kids are often pushed to play on select travel teams at a very young age, the Milwaukee Brewers centerfielder didn’t start playing baseball until he was a sophomore in high school. Only one college, Tallahassee Community College, expressed any significant interest in him. He was a 17th-round selection in the draft by the Brewers in 2004.