Reply to "How To Get By In The Minors On $1,500 A Month"

justbaseball10,000+ posts

hshuler posted:
Two words - host family! :-)

Host families are provided less often than you might expect. Through our 2 sons and a total now (including this year) of 9 minor league seasons and 10 teams they have together had a host family (supplying housing) a total of 2 times (food and shelter).

One other time, the older one had a host family who were wonderful people but supplied snacks for the road trips, an occasional dinner and friendly companionship (no housing).

I remember when our older son was first promoted to double-A. Shipped out with no car in the middle of the season - they gave him a 3-day hotel voucher and told him to 'figure out the rest.' He ended up sleeping on the couch of a teammate the rest of the summer.

No complaints. I believe they both have learned a lot from it and do not complain about it. But it just is the way it is. They have other options - both graduated from college with job offers - its a choice they made and continue to make.

8/23/1610:04 AM

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