Hello,
First off I apoligize if I made it seem like drinking is not a big deal or should not have a serious conversation regarding it. I was simply trying to make a point that it was very very common that alcohol was around durig weekend offical visits. PLEASE NOTE HOWEVER THAT MY COACH NEVER SAID IT WAS OK FOR ALCOHOL TO BE AROUND. HE SIMPLY DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON, or at least he didn't want to know.
The thing is I played with so many guys, including summer leagues, that when I made this comment I didn't think it was a big deal. We ALL had the same story of our visits because well thats what happens on 90% of weekend OV's. As I said in my previous post however, there were many kids who didn't want to drink and so they didn't, it was no big deal.
One reason I did write the book though is I felt like people have/had this idea of college baseball in UtopiaLand and I found that to not always be the case. I know for a fact it was not just my school for example when players came to games hung over (Not that it was very smart to do or occured very often) or that players had to deal with the politics of a coach leaving the program.
I think if people read the book, they can at the very least begin to understand what I consider a very real account of a normal life for a student-athlete. With so much reaction from this book already I can't help but think that some sections of it where I talk about the "dark side" of college baseball is real, yet has become frowned upon for bringing up.
More information for the book is available at www.GoingwiththePitch.com
Again, I do apoligize if I made it seem like this issue of alcohol is not a serious one. I understand it is. I also understand however, the prevlance of it in college baseball.
Thank you for your time