During his five years with the U.S. Navy, no matter what difficulties Lt. Mitch Harris faced at sea, he never surrendered his dream of pitching in the major leagues. The right-hander had been selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 13th round of the June 2008 amateur draft out of the United States Naval Academy but had to forgo baseball to serve his military commitment. Through three deployments, including two tours of the Persian Gulf, a diplomatic mission to Russia and a drug operation in South America, Harris kept throwing -- and hoping.
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