Routes to MLB

We go East on I-80, then North on I-55, then South (they call it East) on 90/94 and get off at 35th Street. Abundant parking around Comiskey Park.

Great route papi!

There are an infinite number of routes. Both to Playing MLB and to Comiskey Park.

Wait just a minute... Does a Comiskey Park even exist anymore? Maybe there is no route to get there.

It will always exist!

I prefer walk to Lake Street/Boston College station and hop on the green line to the Kenmore station. The problem is first I have to drive 320 miles up 206, I-287, I-684, I-84 and I-90/Mass Turnpike Speedway, where going 80mph will get you tailgated and/or passed in the emergency lane.

If they ever sell naming rights to Fenway you'll know there isn't a god. I started having doubts when naming rights were sold to the Gahden. Fleet Center (gag) my rear! It's somewhat emotionally stabilizing to see it called the TD Nawth Gahden now.

Kids tend to lose the amazed look at Christmas as they get too old to believe in Santa Claus and the presents start being more clothes and less toys. I recaptured that look two years ago when I took my son to Fenway for the first time. When we went through the tunnel he assumed the dazed dear, look what Santa brought look as he looked out at the field. He had already been to plenty of other MLB games at The Vet, CBP, The Murph and Petco. He didn't think the sixth row box seats behind home were too shabby either.

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I thought when they named the Ballpark in SanFran, SBC Telecommunications Ballpark, that the end of baseball was in sight...

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Snowman, I'm going to assume that you were not searching for driving routes to the nearest ballpark!

With my oldest child still in high school, I know almost nothing about the subject. But I did read something on a local baseball message board that might be of interest. The quote below is from a Washington Nationals scout who lives in San Antonio:

"I start the season in the warmer states and then move North as the weather gets better. California, Florida, and Texas are the most productive states in the draft so more time is spent in these areas. The ratio of high school players to college players differs from team to team. Some clubs don't scout high school players very hard, they prefer the college players. Our club in Washington is unique because we are trying to build a franchise through our farm system. We love High School players and focus strongly on them. We understand that most of the impact position players in the Major Leagues were drafted out of High School."

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Originally posted by Infield08:
We understand that most of the impact position players in the Major Leagues were drafted out of High School."

and from here................"That may be ancient history, but what's not is that an ever-growing proportion of major league players--as well as minor leaguers--is now coming from elsewhere than the 50 United States.

According to the Office of the Commissioner, 26.1 percent of file 849 players (750 active and 99 disabled) on the 2002 Opening Day rosters of the 30 major league teams were born elsewhere than in the 50 states. What's more, almost 50 percent of 5,781 minor leaguers were in the same category.

While the hike to 26.1 in 2002 from 25.3 percent of major leaguers in 2001 seems modest, the minor league figures strongly suggest that fairly soon probably half of all major league players will come from elsewhere than the 50 states. After all, the minors are the training ground for future big leaguers."

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-95915320.html

But Infield08...when he starts the season what route does he take...I-10...I-20...even I-40?

Well you can be drafted out of high school,Jr college and college. If not in school and not drafted you can sign as a free agent.

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Originally posted by RJM:
Fleet Center (gag) my rear!

That's why I will still call it Comiskey.

And if they every sell the rights to Fenway I might have to find a new team!

It starts here



Then moves on to this



Then moves on to this

With hard work, God given talent and some luck along the way, your player might get here

Here's my suggested "roadmap": Talent, hard work, belief and luck.

Talent = 5 Measurable tools (Hit for average, hit
for power, arm strength speed, defense)

Hard Work = Someone, somewhere is working harder
than you, and when you play he will beat
you.

Belief = Visualize it. Smell it. Want it.

Luck = Do all of the above, but sometimes
opportunity is a crapshoot.

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Here's a road map I've been using for years and years.



And when they say "Wander Indiana" they have good reason to be making that statement. It seems the good folks at the Indiana Department of Transportation who distribute this Indiana road map forgot one important set of details...the roads!


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Gotwood, what is your new avatar? It looks like a PEZ dispenser getting 'beamed up' to the Enterprise.

Right, Krak. That avatar of GW4S is pathetic. It looks like something you'd find in a casino ashtray.

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Hop right in there Yoda...be a good boy now...do what Mr. Bum says.


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