text: This is his third season as manager, his seventh year since finishing a one-year jail sentence. He came to Bridgeport as a player, looking for a second chance. He had lost his wife and several years of his life -- he'd last appeared in the majors in 1995 with the California Angels -- but he discovered a team, and a league, desperate for players with recognizable names.\n\n"We had some concern about whether he would really work out for us," Bridgeport owner and founder Mickey Herbert said. "But, from the time he came in here, he was a veteran. We were really surprised about how he chose to counsel the younger ballplayers, especially because, at first, he wasn't in any kind of coaching capacity."\n\nIn February 2003, manager Duffy Dyer left the team. He'd been offered a scouting job with the New York Mets. Suddenly, the Bluefish had Lind, and Lind had a chance he'd never really expected.\n\nMinor league baseball returns to Bridgeport for its eighth season; it’s been a smashing success as part of the city’s renaissance, which includes the arena opened next door.\n\nAn Atlantic League team (independent), the Bridgeport Bluefish play in the 5,300-seat stadium called Harbor Yard, which is a family-friendly, well-staffed and well-maintained operation. The park is between Main and Water streets, just south of I-95 and right near the train station and the ferry slip.\n\nThe Bluefish are managed by Jose “Chico” Lind, a former Golden Glove winner with the Pittsburgh Pirates. The park has a picnic area that groups of 24 to 250 may reserve and the games feature the kind of fan-friendly goings-on between innings that are so cherished in minor league baseball.\n\nGames will start at 7:05 Monday-Saturday, at 1:35 on Sunday. The season gets underway April 28 against Long Island and there will be fireworks every Friday and a host of special promotions including the popular "Sundae Fun Day Run Day." The season continues through mid-September:-)