The Other 95%

Did Moonlight Graham ever really go home?

[Just do some history of the "show" and you maybe will get the message.?]

We all know what a gamble it is ...the ones doing it more than anyone.
To me the message is you are a winner when you follow your passion against all odds. Thank goodness there are people who are willing to take the risks

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the message is you are a winner when you follow your passion against all odds. Thank goodness there are people who are willing to take the risks

~ amen ~

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To me the message is you are a winner when you follow your passion against all odds. Thank goodness there are people who are willing to take the risks

I'll 3rd that!

"To me the message is you are a winner when you follow your passion against all odds."



My son has hung up the cleats due to injury, but he's still fortunate to be staying involved with baseball. If that doesn't work out, I don't know...maybe he'll help manage a baseball website or something.

Julie

Son is now coaching at his D3.......infielders and assistant recruiting coach.

My son just changed majors...to Exercise Physiology. I think he would seek employment coaching at a college or trying to make the show as a strength and conditioning coach.

My son is a college SR taking business. He is also working as a P coach for a pitching clinic. I think he is hoping to stay in a BB related field and will possibly attend a job seminar put on by MLB teams.

He has a friend who was a top JR golfer and a bright kid. He took Golf Management and now he and his wife run a major Golf club in Western Canada. She is also a golf management grad.
My son's shot a pro ball is slim and depends on getting his velo up 4-5 mph but we don't concern ourselves about it. He has had lots of interest over the years and will go where it leads us but we aren't putting any focus on it.
He also has had an offer to pay for post grad studies by an international food company if he will commit to work for them. He is considering that as well. He is keeping the door wide open.

JT,

Tim Buss played for me when I was a college coach. He was an excellent shortstop who would make evry play and a pesky hitter. Not very big and not very fast he made the most of his ability. Unfortunately his playing career ended with college as he didn't get a sniff from any MLB club.

He also worked for us when we started PG. He became friends with the trainer of the AAA Iowa Cubs while running conditioning drills at Perfect Game. Then the Cubs trainer hired him as an assistant.

Long story, short... Tim Buss became the head strength and conditioning guy for the Chicago Cubs. He found another way to spend time in a Major League Dugout!

Tim had a lot of good things going for him, but the one very important trait, that was most important at getting him to the Big Leagues... Everyone who met him would instantly like him!

Likeability is a huge factor in success in life.

Working with special needs kids (and adults)... might coach a little baseball in the summers he says.

This thread is interesting as it would be great to know what some BB players did after playing BB was over.

For my three guys

One is in banking
the other is in Marketing and the last is in the hotel/hospitality business

My oldest, who loves the game so much he hung in for 5 years of college ball making 1 solitary start, but was the constant life of the dugout and certainly first team on the all-keep-it-loose team, has his degree ( ), finishing with a glittering GPA just enough to graduate, and is a sales representative, plying his charm and humor in the name of his office supplies company employer.

Turning his wit from opposing batters that miss curve balls to secretaries has been seamless.

My oldest is now working as a personal trainer--his dream job after baseball.

My oldest only played HS Baseball. Played D-3 football. Is now teaching and coaching HS football and baseball. Middle boy still persuing the dream in college youngest is in HS

PGStaff and hokieone,

"but the one very important trait, that was most important at getting him to the Big Leagues... Everyone who met him would instantly like him!"

AND

"...finishing with a glittering GPA just enough to graduate, and is a sales representative, plying his charm and humor in the name of his office supplies company employer.
...
Turning his wit from opposing batters that miss curve balls to secretaries has been seamless."



Ain't that the truth? I was genuinely surprised, once I got into the "real world" of business, how important personality is to success! (And in most cases, good looks don't hurt either!)

Julie

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Son is now coaching at his D3.......infielders and assistant recruiting coach.

very similar to like HaverSon, who now coaches hitters and infielders at an undisclosed D3, on Philly's mainline. <s>

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(And in most cases, good looks don't hurt either!)

Julie,
You can sure say that again!!!
Don't know where I would be right now if it weren't for good looks!!!

Jerry,

"Don't know where I would be right now if it weren't for good looks!"



For anyone who hasn't gotten the chance to meet PGStaff at an event, he is a pleasant-looking guy, and just an all-around good person. But take a look around for the real looks in that family, and you may bump into his very lovely wife, who is also one of the kindest, warmest ladies you could ever meet. Who says nice guys (and gals) finish last?

Julie

I like to think that whatever path my son chooses, that his baseball experiences will make for an interesting story. I can remember interviewing lots of very bright college kids (I used to do it for a living), most had great grades, some had traveled, some had various types of summer jobs. However, it is the kids that struggled, overcome, challenged themselves and had a good story to tell generally got the second interview.

After watching my son for the past two years, I can not imagine how difficult it is to play baseball in college. It is not the game but being a student while playing the game. They play generally 6 days a week, have road trips that can wipe out whole days at a time, miss countless classes, yet they manage to balance the demands of the most time consuming sport in college with their academics.

To me that is a pretty compelling story. Yes, there are sacrafices, but in the end, I believe my son will have accomplished something that he can be proud of and speak to with a degree of conviction.

Last summer I spoke briefly with Coach Stotz at Stanford, he told me that the baseball program always gets calls from Silicon Valley firms; why? Because this kids were able to balance a very demanding academic program with a sport that requires time, concentration, energy, teamwork and passion.

So, what does my son want to do? He wants to play baseball, will he get a chance, who knows. What I do know that he is developing confidence, becoming a productive person, he has struggled, he has percervered and he has succeeded. In the end, isn't that what is supposed to happen to our kids when they go to college.

I might add that I have had the pleasure of spending a little bit of time with ILVBB's son (part of which ILVBB was not present) and chat with him about his baseball experiences and his college life, and whatever else came up during that hour or so.

I'll just say this: Our nation has a great future if he is at all typical of what is coming out of colleges today. Not just a great kid - actually already an adult ... interesting, informed, knowledgeable and accomplished in more than just baseball.

If "the other 95%" is this young man, I am bullish on America!

Rob, thank you for the nice testament to the character of ILVBB's son. My greatest hope is that the suceeding generation is greater than our own.. and it appears so: If the current economic, military, and moral challenges facing our nation prove anything, it is that we should patiently trust in the ability of our children to eventually right our past wrongs. Faith in America, after all, is faith in our children and their future. Although things look bleak today, these kids will get us through.

Good luck to ILVBB's son. And your son, too, Rob.

As for Bum, Jr., I hope he can find a way to stay in the game and become a coach.

My son holds that plan close to "the chest" as he is enjoying the "dream" today and he's hoping retirement is not in his near future. However, with recent degrees in History and Criminal Justice and plans for more school, I wouldn't be surprised if he might consider.

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