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I had been curious lately how some athletes join a team, with boxing I know how it goes; you go to gym, you meet a trainer willing to take a chance with you; take you to the fights to see where you stand, if special you get taken seriously, if not, you get treated like a gym rat.
So back to the original post; I read a news lately that those Cuban baseball players from Cuba that play in the MLB now were taken in by some sports agency (I would assume this is an equivalent to a boxer's manager). There is one in Miami (of all places). Were those Cuban baseball players already baseball players in their home country and what's the reason why they are most welcomed in MLB instead of what the U.S. already have (I'm sure the U.S. has the talents as well). How did baseball become Cuban-centric?
What I'm trying to get at here is how does one become a baseball player? It seems rather mysterious? With basketball and football, in general, those guys do well in high school to get in the good colleges to play ball for scholarship, then they get drafted to play in the pros (right?). How come this process isn't true with baseball and or boxing? I know the reason for boxing, but baseball, makes me scratch my head a bit.
Baseball players get paid a lot for doing almost nothing, agree? It's almost as if the staggering amount paid to an athlete is more exciting than the actual ball game. I guess this has become the niche of baseball? The free TV and ad and endorsements keep the money flowing, I guess? Plus the "fanatics" who feel they need to cling on to a sports team just because they are from the same city/state as the team is based at. Nothing against baseball, but the whole mystery about it boggles me. Oh below is the article regarding the sports agency and smuggling of baseball players from Cuba:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cuban-p...6695--mlb.html
So back to the original post; I read a news lately that those Cuban baseball players from Cuba that play in the MLB now were taken in by some sports agency (I would assume this is an equivalent to a boxer's manager). There is one in Miami (of all places). Were those Cuban baseball players already baseball players in their home country and what's the reason why they are most welcomed in MLB instead of what the U.S. already have (I'm sure the U.S. has the talents as well). How did baseball become Cuban-centric?
What I'm trying to get at here is how does one become a baseball player? It seems rather mysterious? With basketball and football, in general, those guys do well in high school to get in the good colleges to play ball for scholarship, then they get drafted to play in the pros (right?). How come this process isn't true with baseball and or boxing? I know the reason for boxing, but baseball, makes me scratch my head a bit.
Baseball players get paid a lot for doing almost nothing, agree? It's almost as if the staggering amount paid to an athlete is more exciting than the actual ball game. I guess this has become the niche of baseball? The free TV and ad and endorsements keep the money flowing, I guess? Plus the "fanatics" who feel they need to cling on to a sports team just because they are from the same city/state as the team is based at. Nothing against baseball, but the whole mystery about it boggles me. Oh below is the article regarding the sports agency and smuggling of baseball players from Cuba:
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/cuban-p...6695--mlb.html
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