CLEARWATER, Fla. - Jeff Singer’s baseball dream never felt farther away than it did on the mornings when he was the first employee to arrive at the car dealership.
Singer, now an intriguing Phillies pitching prospect, worked full time at Dunphy Ford in Mayfair. His time at Division III Rutgers-Camden was finished. The lefthander went undrafted and instead was pitching to a 50-year-old catcher in a South Jersey men’s league.
The dream could have ended in the summer of 2015. Singer was a lot attendant at the dealership, arriving first to unlock all the cars, start them, and make sure the gas tanks were full before the salespeople hit the floor.