grb vs stl

[Leroy]

I think you start in the mail room or something.

[a_smith]

on the job experience? Inside knowledge of how baseball teams work and run?/quote]

How do you get those things? I didn't get them til I got them.

no one gets on the job experience and inside knowledge of how teams work, until they get them.
i am betting that you didnt start at the top and that you had some sort of skills that qualified you for the position you got. Once you had that you gained a much deeper understanding of how things work.

and now that you have them you would be taken seriously for better jobs.

which is why cards 2468 is right

or what Leroy said start in the mail room and then go up.

[skmsw]

Not just anyone can walk off the street and do these jobs. Whether it is specific to baseball or not, you have to have something to contribute to strategic planning, critical analysis, motivational enhancement and behavioral economics, organizational dynamics, or business management.

I used to think that the chances are very high that there are 700 other baseball players out there between the ages of 18 and 40 who have never, ever been involved in organized baseball because they have never had the interest, opportunity, or visibility, BUT if they did, would be just as good as the 700 major leaguers today; that out of 300 million americans and 3 billion earthlings, we have not found a way to winnow out the exact 700 best -- given the right opportunity and exposure, there are others.

I think to some extent that is true of those off the field too ... absolutely not that anyone off the street can do it, any more than anyone off the street could do my day job ... but also absolutely not that the few hundred indivduals currently operating the 30 major league teams are the only ones who could do it.

[a_smith]

Not just anyone can walk off the street and do these jobs. Whether it is specific to baseball or not, you have to have something to contribute to strategic planning, critical analysis, motivational enhancement and behavioral economics, organizational dynamics, or business management.

I used to think that the chances are very high that there are 700 other baseball players out there between the ages of 18 and 40 who have never, ever been involved in organized baseball because they have never had the interest, opportunity, or visibility, BUT if they did, would be just as good as the 700 major leaguers today; that out of 300 million americans and 3 billion earthlings, we have not found a way to winnow out the exact 700 best -- given the right opportunity and exposure, there are others.

I think to some extent that is true of those off the field too ... absolutely not that anyone off the street can do it, any more than anyone off the street could do my day job ... but also absolutely not that the few hundred indivduals currently operating the 30 major league teams are the only ones who could do it.

well put. I couldnt agree more.

[Leroy]

GEORGE: I like sports. I could do something in sports.
JERRY: Uh-huh. Uh-huh. In what capacity?
GEORGE: You know, like the general manager of a baseball team or something.
JERRY: Yeah. Well, that - that could be tough to get.
GEORGE: Well, it doesn't even have to be the general manager. Maybe I could be like, an announcer. Like a color man. You know how I always make those interesting comments during the game.
JERRY: Yeah. Yeah. You make good comments.
GEORGE: What about that?
JERRY: Well, they tend to give those jobs to ex-ballplayers and people that are, you know, in broadcasting.
GEORGE: Well, that's really not fair.

[lukethedrifter]

Not just anyone can walk off the street and do these jobs. Whether it is specific to baseball or not, you have to have something to contribute to strategic planning, critical analysis, motivational enhancement and behavioral economics, organizational dynamics, or business management.

I used to think that the chances are very high that there are 700 other baseball players out there between the ages of 18 and 40 who have never, ever been involved in organized baseball because they have never had the interest, opportunity, or visibility, BUT if they did, would be just as good as the 700 major leaguers today; that out of 300 million americans and 3 billion earthlings, we have not found a way to winnow out the exact 700 best -- given the right opportunity and exposure, there are others.

I think to some extent that is true of those off the field too ... absolutely not that anyone off the street can do it, any more than anyone off the street could do my day job ... but also absolutely not that the few hundred indivduals currently operating the 30 major league teams are the only ones who could do it.

Don't you still?

[Swirls]

Steve, you still didn't answer my question as to whether or not you actually are Theo Epstein or John Henry in disguise. Since you didn't answer it, I'm going to go with yes.

[jim]

I used to think that the chances are very high that there are 700 other baseball players out there between the ages of 18 and 40 who have never, ever been involved in organized baseball because they have never had the interest, opportunity, or visibility, BUT if they did, would be just as good as the 700 major leaguers today; that out of 300 million americans and 3 billion earthlings, we have not found a way to winnow out the exact 700 best -- given the right opportunity and exposure, there are others.

I always wondered about how many guys out there that had the talent but just didn't catch a break. An injury at the wrong time keeping them off the radar, maybe some misfortune in a family that kept the kid playing, a pregnant g/f, ....

[lukethedrifter]

I used to think that the chances are very high that there are 700 other baseball players out there between the ages of 18 and 40 who have never, ever been involved in organized baseball because they have never had the interest, opportunity, or visibility, BUT if they did, would be just as good as the 700 major leaguers today; that out of 300 million americans and 3 billion earthlings, we have not found a way to winnow out the exact 700 best -- given the right opportunity and exposure, there are others.

I always wondered about how many guys out there that had the talent but just didn't catch a break. An injury at the wrong time keeping them off the radar, maybe some misfortune in a family that kept the kid playing, a pregnant g/f, ....

I think Steve is also referring to all those Chinese, Australian, Guamanian, Brazilian, Tlingit, Romanian, Bhutanese etc kids that never got introduced to baseball

[jim]

I used to think that the chances are very high that there are 700 other baseball players out there between the ages of 18 and 40 who have never, ever been involved in organized baseball because they have never had the interest, opportunity, or visibility, BUT if they did, would be just as good as the 700 major leaguers today; that out of 300 million americans and 3 billion earthlings, we have not found a way to winnow out the exact 700 best -- given the right opportunity and exposure, there are others.

I always wondered about how many guys out there that had the talent but just didn't catch a break. An injury at the wrong time keeping them off the radar, maybe some misfortune in a family that kept the kid playing, a pregnant g/f, ....

I think Steve is also referring to all those Chinese, Australian, Guamanian, Brazilian, Tlingit, Romanian, Bhutanese etc kids that never got introduced to baseball

[expletive] them. Tell them to play soccer.