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BASEBALL TRIVIA
Survey reports less than 3% of current MLB players\management have college degrees
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Results of baseball survey by the Wall Street Journal:
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-- One can't quantify relief pitcher Craig Breslow's value to the A's in terms of wins or saves. While the left-hander's next victory or save in Green & Gold will be his first, it's his degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale that helped Oakland win the Wall Street Journal's title of the smartest team in baseball.
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The WSJ's research concluded that just 26 players and managers in Major League Baseball have earned a college degree. Breslow and fellow relief pitchers Brad Ziegler and Jerry Blevins (currently in the minors) give the A's a major league-best three players with degrees.
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The WSJ's point system, which also took college experience into account, provided the A's with a narrow win over Tampa Bay. The Giants were seventh overall. And, the "dumbest team" in baseball? That would be the Atlanta Braves.
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Here's the complete list ( Source: online.wsj.com ) :
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THE LIST
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Moe Berg, where art thou?
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Major league catcher Berg was so brainy he was selected for
espionage work in Japan prior to WWII and could speak 7
languages (but couldn't hit in any of them, according to
famous baseball lore).
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Well, with MLB salaries in the millions for many individual
players, you might understand why degrees are not first
priority issues, although they should be, since most MLB
careers end before players reach age 40.
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3%! I'm shocked myself, but I do know many continue to
work in baseball-related fields after the playing careers
end, so, maybe for them, in the long run, a degree is just
icing on the cake and they can get by without one, and,
if not, the option is still there.
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I guess all of us wouldn't mind having millions in the bank
and then have to decide if we want the icing on the cake
or not - as Redd Foxx always used to say when given
choices, whatever the choices were, to Foxx, they were
always "better than okra!"
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More baseball trivia? Well, Foxx, Fred Sanford at birth,
was called "Reds" in his earlier days because of his
complexion, so, when he decided to become a comedian,
he wanted a catchier name, so he chose the first name
Redd, based on his nickname "Reds", and his second
name, Foxx, based on the name of his then favorite ball
player, Jimmy Foxx, giving him the new name
REDD FOXX!
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3% - Wow!
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