Small School Well-Connected
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I had never heard of Haverford until recently. After reading the interview and researching Haverford I’m not surprised this unfolded as it has. In reality this has little or nothing to do with baseball if one looks at the history of the Fords’ baseball. This has more to do with successful businessmen that are alums of Haverford that have connect well with those that followed in their footsteps at a very, very select D-III..
Ron Shapiro was the biggest influence on the front end, not just with his great advice, but also in helping me get that first interview, when Cleveland hired me as an intern. I think these things can just snowball. One person gets a job, helps someone else out, and that person then helps others out.
We TRY to do the same thing down south just on a different scale --- It’s basically people helping their own. Haverford alums call themselves “well connected” yet I’m sure they would refer to “our” actions as a "good ol boy" connection and want us charged us with discriminatory hiring practices.
Fungo
Ron Shapiro was the biggest influence on the front end, not just with his great advice, but also in helping me get that first interview, when Cleveland hired me as an intern. I think these things can just snowball. One person gets a job, helps someone else out, and that person then helps others out.
We TRY to do the same thing down south just on a different scale --- It’s basically people helping their own. Haverford alums call themselves “well connected” yet I’m sure they would refer to “our” actions as a "good ol boy" connection and want us charged us with discriminatory hiring practices.
Fungo
Haverford is on the Philadelphia main line,very old area out side of Phila.Many good small colleges in the area. Not many "good old boys" though.
The activity is the same the main differences are the higher IQs and the Kiton suits. 
The list is short for coaches seeking real baseball players with Ivy League GPAs and test scores. Although, Haverford began to regularly land players from that list during only the last 5-6 years, they do play some baseball up there.
Haverford's top 2-3 players could start at most if not all Ivies and/or Patriot League teams. The same is true for Johns Hopkins, Franklin & Marshall and other premium east coast D3s.
Josh Byrnes was a 4-year starter, whose name fills the Haverford record books. His baseball career will last far longer in the front office than it did as a player. There are more like him in the pipeline.
Haverford's top 2-3 players could start at most if not all Ivies and/or Patriot League teams. The same is true for Johns Hopkins, Franklin & Marshall and other premium east coast D3s.
Josh Byrnes was a 4-year starter, whose name fills the Haverford record books. His baseball career will last far longer in the front office than it did as a player. There are more like him in the pipeline.