quote:Originally posted by theEH:
Orlandoquote:In my view, deciding that playing short season ball in Podunk is somehow worth “millions of dollars in free advertising and PR” is making light of the commitment of those who serve. Oh, and then a little TDY as a recruiter.
There you go again Slamming one's commitment to there country and there obligation as a Officer.
Like there not as Loyal and Honorable as the next soldier.
Don't tell me TPM that is not what Orlando meant with this statement.
EH
EH,
Not sure about all she meant but I do understand her comment about playing ss ball in podunk.
There are so many kids to aspire to go to college to play ball, and to play after their college careers end. Many don't get the chance to do either, because someone else was better than them and got the spot. So someone lost out. I think maybe you can understand that. I use that as an example to understand what luvbb and Orlando are trying to say.
My son plays professional ball, well he tried to anyway this summer but they shut him down. It's been a disappointment and he is working hard to get better because that is his dream, always has been. But I think if you ask him, even in the position he was drafted in, he would say there are definetly more important things in life before baseball. So I don't look at getting drafted as a special circumstance if an agreement was made. We put too much importance on the fact that baseball is more important than anything else in the world. That was what I was questioning.
I know we all love the game and want our sons to play at the highest level, but once you really understand the magnitute of the difficulty of reaching the highest level you might understand. Even those new ss guys understand that concept.It's just not a year, or two, or three, even for the best prospects in the country. So what determines how long someone can wait to put off what they promised. I never said he would not, that was not teh point, it was the importance of baseball compared to serving our country. I think the latter is much more important and I think they feel that way too.
I argue this at work, if you have a policy you follow it, if you don't have one be careful as you have to make sure that poicy is fair and makes sense for everyone. It can't be ok to tell a ball player they have a special circumstance when you can't tell a singer he can't go to hollywood to be the next idol. I think that is their point also.
I hope I explained that so that you would understand with out telling me or anyone else to go to h*ll.
JMO.