@old_school posted:"bugged out on us at the end of the season before the playoffs, costing himself a championship ring."
a kid bugged out and left you...in the small world of college baseball. I have to feel like not getting the ring wouldn't be a major part of the thought process.
A friend’s son was in AAA at the time of this story. He was a rah ray kind of guy. Heading into the last week of the season he got up on the table to give a rah rah speech. He told the team they were capable of winning the last four and making the playoffs. The team was half AAAA players and former successful MLBers hanging on. They were MLB pennant chase insurance.
One player told him if he wanted a ring to go the freak’n jewelry store. He just wanted to go up or go home. The veterans turned and walked a way. The prospects on the way up were shocked at the attitude.