In a country as large and diverse as the United States, professional athletes come from all walks of life. Given our nation’s long and storied legacy of farming and ranching, it makes sense that plenty of pros have grown up using a barn as a backstop.
So, it just makes sense that a former farm hand would become a bullpen arm—as in the case of Minor League pitcher Locke St. John, who discovered his talent for baseball right around the time he found his passion for raising and showing cattle.
“It started as a 4-H project when I was seven years old,” says the now-29-year-old, referencing the non-profit organization that has been helping kids get involved in agriculture for more than a century, “and we exhibited cattle at county fairs, state fairs, national shows. It was all about the love for the animals and the competition.”
