LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Ryan Howard was once one of baseball's most feared sluggers, an MVP and World Series champion, the toast of Philadelphia.
So what's he doing here, in the sprawling suburbs of Atlanta, a minor leaguer at age 37 , playing alongside a bunch of 20-somethings, enduring bus rides and sparse crowds?
"There's more in the tank," he said bluntly. "If you walk away, don't walk away with something still left in the tank. Then you're wondering like, 'Man, what could I have done?' When I'm done playing, I want to leave it all out on the field.