Article here

Quote:Of the 11.6 percent of high school baseball players that make the transition to college baseball, only 2.1 percent will play at a Division I school.

If you’re one of the 2.1 percent of all high school baseball players that will go on to play Division I college baseball, that is truly an amazing, and odds-defying feat to have accomplished.

(08-27-2016 09:31 AM)grol Wrote:  Article here

Quote:Of the 11.6 percent of high school baseball players that make the transition to college baseball, only 2.1 percent will play at a Division I school.

If you’re one of the 2.1 percent of all high school baseball players that will go on to play Division I college baseball, that is truly an amazing, and odds-defying feat to have accomplished.

interesting, but the title seems inappropriate. IMO, does have any info on "preparing", but instead list the attributes that the writer feels are necessary to play college ball.

(08-27-2016 11:08 AM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  interesting, but the title seems inappropriate. IMO, does have any info on "preparing", but instead list the attributes that the writer feels are necessary to play college ball.

Well, maybe the writer is of the Steve Martin school:

Steps on how to become a millionaire: first, get a million dollars.

(08-27-2016 12:23 PM)Barrett Wrote:  

(08-27-2016 11:08 AM)HawaiiOwl Wrote:  interesting, but the title seems inappropriate. IMO, does have any info on "preparing", but instead list the attributes that the writer feels are necessary to play college ball.

Well, maybe the writer is of the Steve Martin school:

Steps on how to become a millionaire: first, get a million dollars.

Quote:http://www.businessinsider.com/the-harde...ich-2015-1

This Is The Hardest Part Of Getting Rich, According To A Billionaire

The hardest part of becoming a billionaire isn't keeping tabs on your accounts, finding friends and employees you can trust, or juggling the demands on your deep pockets.

It's getting started.

At least, that was the hardest part for media magnate and billionaire Ted Turner.

In "Billionaires: Reflections On The Upper Crust," Darrell M. West recalls Turner's 1995 address to Brown University, where West was teaching political science.

West describes a key point in Turner's presentation:

His most difficult challenge, he said, had been making the first million dollars; after that, everything was easy. Money begets money, he bluntly observed, thereby making it possible to gain even greater wealth through social and political connections.

Not worth a new thread, but an article featured in Alan's email today is worth a read. This one is about the living conditions for minor league ballplayers.

Whenever I read this type of article, I wish that our "good college player" would stay for his senior year at Rice.