There's nothing wrong with just getting your education and not playing baseball. But if you have some baseball ability, you don't know what you're missing. It might be the best of all baseball experiences.
Unfortunately there are some horror stories and bad experiences. This world is full of them.
That really nails it. Our son graduated last spring after four years of college ball, and is now working his first "fully self-sufficient post-grad job" in Japan, which took a lot of guts to take on. Everything is great, but he said he misses "playing baseball with his friends." That's what is going to last for him, the lifelong friendships that were built, the funny, funny stories both on and off the diamond, etc. I know he doesn't miss the workouts, training, etc.!