CLEARWATER, Fla. -- This is where legends grow -- in the half shadows, on the margins, at the edge of peripheral vision. Or in the case of 17-year-old Jhailyn Ortiz, the Phillies' No. 26 prospect, on a back field at the Carpenter Complex in a camp game seen by only a handful of spectators.
That's where Ortiz hit a home run last weekend -- not just any homer, but the kind that makes even seasoned baseball people blink and give their heads a "Did I see what I just saw?" shake, a "Field of Dreams" home run that disappeared deep into the woods behind the left-field fence at Robin Roberts Field.