Effort underway to bring Major League Baseball team to Austin -- is it possible?

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On a muggy Texas Tuesday afternoon, one where most people found refuge in air conditioning, I found myself standing in the sun near first base at Krieg Fields talking to Carlos Valdez, one of Austin's parks workers who was painting the first base line.

Saying Valdez likes sports would be a tragic understatement. Within five minutes of knowing him, I found out he had been on the news before: he was once a professional boxer.

Carlos Valdez, one of Austin's parks workers...