Dan Serafini never really got much beyond the backhanded sobriquet of “journeyman.” Article content

Still, ask any kid in the ballyard if seven years toiling around the MLB would be worth it, and it would be 100% in the affirmative. Article content Article content

But sometimes, dreams go sideways even with multimillion-dollar contracts, the women, the cars, and the glamour. Some guys struggle when the cheering ends.

Like Lenny Dykstra, Mel Hall, the tragic Pete Rose, O.J. Simpson, and former Maple Leaf Brian “Spinner” Spencer, who was accused of murder and was eventually a homicide victim.

The graveyards and prisons are packed with former jocks who flew too close to the sun, who believed the things they were told when they were 12.

Former pitcher Serafini is just the latest in a

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