JP, do you think some of it is laziness? I know I've had people tell me my son got opportunities because I have money or because he was lucky enough to get to play with East Cobb, etc. They don't see the hundreds of hours this kid put in over the last 3-4 years especially, on his own. I can't tell you how many Saturday and Sunday afternoons we were at the field throwing and hitting all alone. He would call up friends to get them to go, but they rarely did. I will admit that my son is fortunate that I could afford him opportunities that maybe some can't have. But, he had to have the talent, desire, work ethic, etc to take advantage of those opportunities. He was invited to play at East Cobb after several recommendations I had no idea had occurred. It wasn't convenient for us at all. We live 3 hours away. Luckily, one of his teammates offered for him to live with him over the summer. A lot of people, in my humble opinion, don't want to hear any of this. They just think we did something magical and poof, scholarship offered. I used to really let it get under my skin. Not so anymore. I think it's almost impossible to make someone believe what these guys sacrifice in order to play beyond high school. Now, I simply am trying to enjoy the ride because it has gone by entirely too fast. All you can do is give people advice. Remember the saying, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink!