or what a hot tub was either...... imagine what a change in life style that would be, going from having no money, not knowing what baseball even is, to pitching in front of scouts and being recruited by the pirates, its mind boggling
i hadnt heard of bradenton FL until i spent last weekend there for a wedding. kinda funny that these guys are going there now. thats a pretty interesting story, too. good find sir.
yea its a cool story, but its old and at first they were made out to be a lot better than they are. There was an 'Outside The Lines' on ESPN about them too, they aren't going to make it to the big league. I only made my thread to show how sports are globalizing