By Bob Lutz, The Wichita Eagle-
It's 1 o'clock in the afternoon, a little more than six hours before game time at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, and Michael Thompson is awaiting an interview inside the Wingnuts' dugout.
It's a time he asked for, since he's always at the park early anyway.
No other player will arrive for a while. Thompson probably even beats the manager, Kash Beauchamp.
Thompson is the epitome of a "first to arrive, last to leave" athlete, driven by something he doesn't even fully understand.
"From the time I was 2 years old," Thompson said, "I wanted to be a professional baseball player."
So here he is, 24 and playing third base for the Wingnuts after twice being released from major-league organizations.
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