Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Dreams coming true and some aren't

Well baseball is in full swing. It is an interesting time for amatuer players right now. Tomorrow is the first day of the MLB amatuer draft. Some players dreams will be realized and some others will be disappointed. It's difficult to describe your feelings waiting for your name to be called. It really has alot to do with who these players are listening to. Some get told that they will be picked in the first 5-10 rounds, so they get their hopes up only to find out they were picked in the 25th round which is considerably less money than 5-10 roounds. Some will be instant millionaires come tomorrow and others will have to scratch and claw to ever have a chance to even be considered to play at the major league level. The spectrum will be wide from millionaire to a plane ticket as signing bonuses. The millionaire will get every opportunity to make it to the major leagues while the plane ticket signee will have to prove he belongs at that level every time he steps on the field. For every kid that signs a contract in the next couple of weeks there are others being sent home or as they say released. Emotions will run high in the next few days for thousands of young aspiring big leaguers. Many that expect to get drafted won't. It is a trying time for those on the fringe. Also, there is quite a bit of difference in money between 1st three rounds and those drafted after the 10th. So, not only are they hoping to get drafted but hoping to get drafted early. I hope to post more on this subject later, but thats all for now.

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