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Originally Posted by Yellow_Jacket06
I know plenty of players that work year round on Baseball & play other sports as well.
It takes alot of commitment to play one sport and still Practice year round for Baseball. The work ethic of kids today is pretty amazing if you ask me.
As for the original question, Our team has about 4 or 5 guys that play Baseball only. At the D1 level, Kids tend to wanna play multiple sports. It's tough to find kids now a days who only play & focus on one sport.
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Most of the players I know two of which will be drafted dropped their goals of playing multiple sports in High School, sports that they would not play is College, during their sophomore year. Most players are not capable of playing multiple sports in High School and spending enough quality time on the sport for which they will be getting an education to play. This can be evidenced by kids playing Fall Baseball and being seen by D1 schools then to be given an offer. You must put yourself out there to be seen every chance you get and show the college coach that your only focus is baseball. College coaches do not care if you play basketball or football they worry that you are 100% committed to baseball. It may even hurt some prospects when they continue to play other sports. I think it is a BIG mistake to play other sports when you have the ability to be drafted or play at the Division 1 Top Level Georgia Tech, LSU, Stanford etc. or even Ohio State, Kent, OU etc. It is MY opinion that if you want to play baseball in college you must show the scouts that this is the only sport for you. Very few Bo Jacksons out there.
Like I said previously High School letters are nice for nostalgia, but the only ones that matter to a baseball collegiate scout or coach is the BASEBALL ones.
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