Minor leaguer healthy and hoping for a bench spot with Marlins.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Michael Russo

JUPITER, Fla. _ Few things are worse in the minors than back trouble.

Joe Dillon knows this all too well.

As a Minnesota Twins prospect, the Marlins' minor-leaguer remembers the long bus rides late at night when all his teammates were sleeping in their seats while he was standing in the aisle.

"It was hard for me to sleep," said Dillon, shaking his head. "I had to sit up, stand up, move around. It was awful. I just couldn't lay down in the awkward positions people were able to get in on the bus. It definitely made for some long nights."...

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