Professional for a Day
Right now as it stands, it is only 9:51 am and it has already been a long day. I was up at 4 am today so that I could be to work at 5 am, and when I got out of work at 9 am; I came straight here to WGAM’s headquarters to do my part for the Home Team Saturday. We have a great show today with manager, of the Independent Professional Baseball team, Nashua Pride Butch Hobson calling in to talk baseball with the guys, a talk that will most likely include conversation about Olympic Skier Bode Miller who will play one game for the Pride tonight at 7:05 pm. This got me thinking about someone making a living playing for different independent league baseball teams around the country, could it happen. I agree it would be a long shot, but if it were to happen I see it going something like this.
First off, you would need to hold down at least a part time job when you are first starting out on this endeavor. The reason, your income will be little because it is going to take a few games of this for the fans and other teams to catch on. My suggestion is to start close to home and get a foundation for your minimal baseball skills. Over time you will gain cult status and word will spread. This is when other teams outside of your area hear about you and decide that maybe their fans will get a kick out of this guy who hasn’t played organized baseball since high school stand up and take a few at bats swinging at pretty much anything that is even close to the strike zone and a lot that isn’t.
This is when your cult status skyrockets to the E list (if you’re lucky) of celebrities. You will get talk show appearances with Good Morning America, Today, and maybe the View (I’m hoping for the View because that girl Elisabeth originally from Survivor is hot, and I think with this career path I can be ten times more successful then her current husband Back up QB Tim Hasselbeck of the NY Giants). Anyway this is where you get National Exposure and before you know it you’re getting offers to play for independent baseball teams all over the nation.
Now the ultimate goal of this is to hone your skills on the baseball diamond to the point where you might eventually get signed for an entire home stand, helping boost ticket sales for the specific team. This might also lead to a career in the Majors if by some off chance you are a natural at baseball, but never had the coaching to truly realize this. This would be amazing because you would automatically be on the A-list of athletes because of your truly inspirational story, you will win an ESPY, and you will definitely get a cover on Sports Illustrated.
Going back to the cover of Sports Illustrated, this will guarantee that your career will end dramatically and quickly, possibly a massive injury, or a major scandal being the reason. The first demise will get you the sympathy from millions of females across the nation and you will probably score more than Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Jerry Rice, or Hank Aaron combined. The second will give you instant street cred and you will fall into that “Bad Boy” persona at this point grow your hair out and let the facial hair become scruffy, much like Don Johnson in Miami Vice, because it will complete the image and you will still score plenty with the ladies.
I would like to remind you that all of these scenarios are completely made up and the possibility of this happening to you is pretty much non-existent.
First off, you would need to hold down at least a part time job when you are first starting out on this endeavor. The reason, your income will be little because it is going to take a few games of this for the fans and other teams to catch on. My suggestion is to start close to home and get a foundation for your minimal baseball skills. Over time you will gain cult status and word will spread. This is when other teams outside of your area hear about you and decide that maybe their fans will get a kick out of this guy who hasn’t played organized baseball since high school stand up and take a few at bats swinging at pretty much anything that is even close to the strike zone and a lot that isn’t.
This is when your cult status skyrockets to the E list (if you’re lucky) of celebrities. You will get talk show appearances with Good Morning America, Today, and maybe the View (I’m hoping for the View because that girl Elisabeth originally from Survivor is hot, and I think with this career path I can be ten times more successful then her current husband Back up QB Tim Hasselbeck of the NY Giants). Anyway this is where you get National Exposure and before you know it you’re getting offers to play for independent baseball teams all over the nation.
Now the ultimate goal of this is to hone your skills on the baseball diamond to the point where you might eventually get signed for an entire home stand, helping boost ticket sales for the specific team. This might also lead to a career in the Majors if by some off chance you are a natural at baseball, but never had the coaching to truly realize this. This would be amazing because you would automatically be on the A-list of athletes because of your truly inspirational story, you will win an ESPY, and you will definitely get a cover on Sports Illustrated.
Going back to the cover of Sports Illustrated, this will guarantee that your career will end dramatically and quickly, possibly a massive injury, or a major scandal being the reason. The first demise will get you the sympathy from millions of females across the nation and you will probably score more than Wayne Gretzky, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Jerry Rice, or Hank Aaron combined. The second will give you instant street cred and you will fall into that “Bad Boy” persona at this point grow your hair out and let the facial hair become scruffy, much like Don Johnson in Miami Vice, because it will complete the image and you will still score plenty with the ladies.
I would like to remind you that all of these scenarios are completely made up and the possibility of this happening to you is pretty much non-existent.
posted by Joe Hegarty at 7:48 AM
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This is one of your top three posts ever. I truely enjoyed.
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