TX Mom;
This is an interesting discussion. We recently returned from Australia with our 4 teams and the Beijing State Team. Each team played 12 games in 18 days. Several players improved each day.
One player, an outfielder from Los Angeles, played in the California Championship High School game *linebacker] and two days later landed in Adelaide, South Australia, played in the baseball game and hit a triple and double. Later in Perth he hit a "towering" HR off a pro pitcher.
Since 1983, 223 ML players have played in the Goodwill Series events, including Delmon and Dimitri Young, Adam and Andy LaRoche, Bobby Jenks, Aaron Hill, Jerome Bonderman.
Each player presents a story of "perseverance".
Bob Williams