14 Jun 2022 11:57 am
That's great, Huey! One of my few regrets is that I didn't have time to play college ball, because I really would have loved that. But doing well in college was tough enough since I started my first business at that time and that alone kept me working 60+ hours a week while carrying 12-15 credits and playing softball two games a week.Huey » 14 Jun 2022, 11:49 am » wrote: ↑ I was lucky. I got to play baseball into my 30s with the Army as well as slow pitch softball. Also Full Contact football. I was a shortstop. High on base average. In the early 90s I had a tryout with a college team. Did well. Stood in against a kid that had been drafted in like the 39th round. He threw 98 MPH but after the first pitch he had no control. Being a player that cares about getting on base I swung at all first pitches. 2-2 against him. I had a chance to go to Vero Beach where the Dodgers workout to work with their instructional league. I had two kids, wasn't a bonus baby, and back then, even if I made it I would make like 12 grand a year. At most, if I was lucky, I could make it to triple AAA. Plus, because of guys like Ripken Jr the age of 270 avg shortstops were becoming a thing of the past. Had trouble with a good curveball.
Sure didn't sleep much in those years! Honestly, I look back now and don't know how I ever did that. My body aches now just thinking about it!