"Whitmore, a pitcher, signed with the team and became the first woman to start a Pioneer League game. Then last year, James Colyer came to the Ballers open tryouts. A lifelong Oakland baseball fan, sporting a large A's logo tattooed on his thigh, Colyer was also a very good baseball player on his Logan High School team in Union City, and then at Ohlone College, Shorter University, and Cal State East Bay."
"Not only did Colyer, another pitcher, make his hometown team, he won a championship with them, and then went on to get signed by the Washington Nationals. 'It's totally one of those Cinderella stories that you would write up in a baseball movie,' said Casey Pratt, a spokesperson for the Ballers."
"Ballers tryouts, open to anyone who has played college or professional baseball in the last five years, are on March 7. What will this year's dream-come-true story be?"
The Oakland Ballers, a minor league baseball team, host open tryouts that have launched successful careers for multiple players. Kelsie Whitmore, a pitcher, became the first woman to start a Pioneer League game before being drafted first overall in the Women's Pro Baseball League. James Colyer, a lifelong Oakland fan, made the team, won a championship, and subsequently signed with the Washington Nationals. The Ballers' tryouts remain open to anyone with college or professional baseball experience from the past five years, offering opportunities for aspiring players to pursue professional careers.
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