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<blockquote data-quote="BuddyJ" data-source="post: 1310561" data-attributes="member: 159164"><p>I don't know if theres any easy explanation. Remember, we're talking about 18 year olds still. There are a lot of potential answers.</p><p></p><p>1) His arm just never healed. Either he lost some of that velocity that made him such a good prospect, or he still had pain with pitching that never quite went away.</p><p></p><p>2) He realized he loved basketball more than baseball.</p><p></p><p>3) Isn't as good at baseball as he's being talked up to be.</p><p></p><p>4) Related to 3- but he might think he has a better shot playing professional basketball than baseball. </p><p></p><p>Don't know if we'll ever get the full story. Could be any/all of those. If he only got offers from mid majors, he might be playing baseball this spring and looking to play baseball in college instead of basketball too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BuddyJ, post: 1310561, member: 159164"] I don't know if theres any easy explanation. Remember, we're talking about 18 year olds still. There are a lot of potential answers. 1) His arm just never healed. Either he lost some of that velocity that made him such a good prospect, or he still had pain with pitching that never quite went away. 2) He realized he loved basketball more than baseball. 3) Isn't as good at baseball as he's being talked up to be. 4) Related to 3- but he might think he has a better shot playing professional basketball than baseball. Don't know if we'll ever get the full story. Could be any/all of those. If he only got offers from mid majors, he might be playing baseball this spring and looking to play baseball in college instead of basketball too. [/QUOTE]
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