PHILADELPHIA — Justin Miller spent his first two years of high school at a Christian school in California, where his father was a baseball and football coach. But the school location moved, his father lost his job and Miller lost his scholarship, forcing him to attend a public high school as a junior and senior.
Miller, 31, a Nationals reliever, has been adjusting and persevering ever since.
He had Tommy John surgery about six years ago, was released last summer by the Angels while at Triple-A and was without a job for part of the winter before he signed a minor league contract with the Nationals in January.