Dustan Mohr took a deep breath, swallowed his pride and started dialing. He still hadn't fully come to grips with how, after spending much of the previous seven years in the major leagues, he had been unable to find a job.
But he was finally ready to do something about it.
So this winter he called Kevin Hooper, a former Triple-A teammate who had recently signed to play for the independent Wichita Wingnuts. Hooper suggested Mohr join him.
"I said, 'OK, I'll think about it,' " Mohr said. "I gave it some more time and decided I really didn't want to sit at home and wait for the call (from a major-league team). I figured it'd be better for me to be playing than sitting at home."
After talking it over with manager Kash Beauchamp and general manager Josh Robertson, Mohr signed with the Wingnuts on March 13. The team begins its inaugural season against Sioux City tonight at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
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