Comments on: “This is what I was born to do. I’m a baseball player.”

By: WhenMattStairsIsKing

WhenMattStairsIsKing — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:15:50 +0000

When it’s all said and done, they have decades to not play baseball in the later years in their life. Why not play it as long as someone gives them a uniform? As long as you balance it out with family, if you have one. Competitors never really lose that edge within them.

By: jkcalhoun

jkcalhoun — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 01:50:36 +0000

Who takes the time to vote thumbs down on a comment like that? It’s a correction of a statement of fact — is there anything there to opine on?

Could there be a thumbs-down bot lurking around these parts?

Vote thumbs down on this comment if you’re a bot.

By: florida76

florida76 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:51:11 +0000

Baseball isn’t unique in this regard, you find same situation across all sports. Marginal players who have a drive to keep competing even though the odds are against them. In reality, this passion for the game isn’t any different than the real world, all top performers have the same hunger to excel.

Athletes and people in the real world who are too laid back, and fail to have the passion, inevitably fail to achieve their potential.

By: coachbrew

coachbrew — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:32:10 +0000

The writer is Howie Rumberg. It probably came over the wire as Howie Rumberg (AP) and the parentheses were lost somewhere.

By: kellyb9

kellyb9 — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 21:32:07 +0000

Well, its not like any of them are going into tax accounting or computer engineering after this. This is their career, and it’s over at an exceptionally young age. I can certaintly empathize with the desire to keep that going as long as possible.