Gloucester Catholic:Talented Dacierno left dreams on field
Thursday, January 31, 2008
source www.courierpostonline.com
Bob Dacierno, 62, still loves the summer game even in the dead of winter and even well past his playing days.
"It is an everyday sport," he said, "you are going bad one day and the next day you are a hero."
The former Gloucester Catholic High School star, who was named All South Jersey and first-team All State as a senior third baseman for the Rams in 1963, never got to live out his dream and become a Major League baseball hero.
Life got in the way after Dacierno was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of high school and went on to play for Tom Lasorda in Pocatello, Idaho in the minors.
Dacierno came home twice during spring training because his mother was sick back in 1966 -- and he never went back the second time.