Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Tom Kane seemingly got off to a good start as a minor leaguer for the Red Sox, but then came arm problems and the loss of more than a season an a half, The Tampa Bay Times wrote in 1991. "But," he told The Times that August, "I wondered what I could do if my arm was okay. That's why I went back last year. I wanted to give myself that shot." Kane gave himself that shot and, in 1991, he made AA New Britain . That season at New Britain, however, proved his last. He saw five seasons. Kane's career began in 1986, signed by the Red Sox as a free agent out of Manatee Community College in Florida. At Manatee, Kane rattled off 11-straight victories on the mound by early May in 1985, with a 0.87 ERA, all after losing two of his first three, The Bradenton Herald wrote . "I expected to have a good year, but I didn't think I'd get off to the start I did," Kane told The Herald . "I was really happy with the way I finished the season after the s...