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cslewis1

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Anyone read this book? I am in the middle of it right now and can't put it down. It is the epitome of the CasteSystem in baseball. And how a bunch of slobs who didn't make the bigs, envision what the "best" players should be, at the expense of everyone else.

It is incredible how this resembles the Caste system in football.

They've got an example of a guy who is crushing the ball in college, but the scouts don't want to draft him because he doesn't fit their mold of what a catcher should be. College stats be damned!

It is literally the most frustrating thing you can imagine. Because what else can you do other than put up stats to prove yourself. And if they don't give a crap about stats then you are going to be overlooked for whatever the current definition of the athlete is supposed to be.

It's freakin' crazy. This one guy sets all these records in baseball and yet, NOONE wants to draft him because he doesn't fit their mold. Most frustrating thing in the world.
 

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It's an excellent read. And there's a classic Caste moment in the opening pages as well. As a player, Billy Beane is running sprints for some scouts. He out-runs a couple of black players; the scouts don't believe that the white guy could be so fast, and make them run again. He out-runs them again!
 

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Freedom said:
I read some of it on a bus to an away game once. Did it have an entire chapter on Scott Hatterburg?
That it! I was going to email this guy and ask him to write a book on why there are no white cb's in football anymore. However, apparently he already has a book on football that my brother says is complete castesystem and will piss you off.
 

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JD074 said:
It's an excellent read. And there's a classic Caste moment in the opening pages as well. As a player, Billy Beane is running sprints for some scouts. He out-runs a couple of black players; the scouts don't believe that the white guy could be so fast, and make them run again. He out-runs them again!

Exactly. That was awesome!

You all have got to read this. It will piss you off, but it's a fun read too.Edited by: cslewis1
 
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