2013 Hall of Fame : Frank Defino Sr. - Printing's Heavy Hitter

Sometimes, we find ourselves trading one dream for another. It's not necessarily a bad thing, nor does it mean you are settling for something less.

In the case of Frank Defino Sr., when life gave him fastballs, he hit them to the opposite field.

Defino longed to play professional baseball. He shuttled around the left side of the infield, eventually settling on third base. At 5-6, Frank Defino lacked size, but he watched plenty of diminutive superstars—including Yankee greats Phil Rizzuto and Yogi Berra—making good on the diamond. Heck, Defino used to watch Dim Dom Dallesandro, the 5-6 Cubbies left fielder, while he sat in the bleacher seats, chowing down on bologna sandwiches. And Dom wasn't exactly Ernie Banks.