This past week I was having a conversation with a friend from Texas whose son played at UT before transferring and spent several years in the minors. One of his son's teammates was PO'ed he was batting seventh and playing left as a freshman. It ate away at him so much he gave up baseball after one year. He also told me UT treats their players so well on the road many of them can't hack the conditions of A ball in the minors.quote:Originally posted by mmm1531:
One father I was talking to last week said his walk on son was PO'd that he was only getting looked at in LF, he wants to play CF. probably only wants to bat clean up also!
quote:He also told me UT treats their players so well on the road many of them can't hack the conditions of A ball in the minors.
Travel conditions in D1 (quality of hotels, use of air travel) far exceed conditions in the minor leagues into Double-A at least. Even Triple-A before it starts becoming similar again.