Articulate Giants farmhand: 'The dream was falling apart'
I'm not sure if I could be a pure sports journalist. First, I'm not sure if I'm a good enough writer to do it as a full-time job. And second, I think I will want to at least attempt a life outside of sports once my career is over (I'm actually taking the LSAT this Saturday, so you can tell I'm thinking more and more about life outside of baseball). There's a good possibility though that I will find myself coming back to sports, and baseball specifically, as it will be hard to get both feet out of this addicting water. Once it wraps itself around you, it's tough to walk away from.
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That is pretty heartbreaking. I really hope he has success outside of baseball.
Proud father of Juan Carlos Perez. Think Albert Pujols at a position to be determined.
That was really well-written and sad. You don’t really think that much about what the organizational filler guys go through. I hope he can find something that works for him.
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Great article
I also liked his post about ptiching to situation, which emphasizes the disconnect between on-field staff and the front office. That’s something that needs to be changed in my opinion
Do you have a link for that, sounds interesting.
by Missing Barry on Sep 24, 2009 3:18 PM PDT up reply actions
I like that Brosius has a plan for his future, seems like a lot of guys in baseball (those who’ve made it to the big leagues and those who haven’t) do not. They identify themselves solely as baseball players, and that’s got to be the hardest thing, to give it up and no longer fulfill the identity you’ve chosen for yourself
They identify themselves solely as baseball players, and that’s got to be the hardest thing, to give it up and no longer fulfill the identity you’ve chosen for yourself
Along with the fact that a lot of them have passed up educational opportunities for the chance to make it as a baseball player…
by Missing Barry on Sep 24, 2009 3:15 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the SFGate reader comments
for once.
RIP | anVil | 9-19-2009 | dude had potential.
by i wish we were good on Sep 24, 2009 10:31 PM PDT reply actions
Great writer and, despite his status in the Giants org, a very solid pitcher. Think of the odds of getting to where he is from back in the Little league days – gotta be close to 500,000 to 1.
Wonder if law school is a route to becoming an agent?
Mr. Broshuis and I talked a little bit about his law school aspirations and he says he wants to do something in sports law, and/or work toward improving awareness and conditions for how minor leaguers truly live, constrained by limited funds and having to move around so often in their careers.
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Sep 25, 2009 1:47 PM PDT up reply actions
GiantChris
You don’t happen to be the former moderator of the official MLB Giants fan forum, do you? That person had a very similar screen name.
Not me
Nope – just a real Giants fan from the Monterey area who lacked in imagination when creating his screen name a few weeks ago…
Being a professional baseball player
… must be a lot like being an actor, or a concert violinist, or writer, or architect. These are careers that a lot of people dream of doing, but require a huge investment of time and effort, and yet only a very small number of people can be famously successful. Those who just miss the top tend to live in obscurity. The people who try it are really betting a fair number of years of their lives on a rare outcome. The idealism, or optimism, or hope that carries these people is impressive.
Toughest of all must be to get so close to the top—AAA Fresno—to be in the top 0.002% instead of the top 0.001%, which is the difference between being organizational filler and years of making only a few thousand dollars, and being at the very least a journeyman relief pitcher, some modest fame, a comfortable lifestyle and a chance to live the dream.
Good luck, Mr. Broshuis. I hope (and am pretty sure) that you’ll be successful at whatever you choose to do next.
“You see, you spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time.”
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by WhereThere'sAWillieThere'sAMays on Sep 27, 2009 7:59 PM PDT reply actions
no matter what he chooses to do
i hope he never gives up writing.
ive been reading his stuff since he started, and its really good….good enough to be the makings of a book….good enough to be optioned for big or small screen treatment.
btw….the org used garrett this season
first, to get the sj giants to win the first half crown…and then to ct to win the division for the first time since they have had a relationship with the club.
the fact that the giants farm teams have the best record of all clubs is currently being trumpeted…and gb had alot to do with that.
however, it didnt stop the org from removing him from the rotation so that some kids from lower a could be watched during the championship….of course, ct lost.
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