Failure is Part of the Path to Success

A forest scene with two dirt paths diverging among tall trees and green undergrowth, reminiscent of a baseball recruiting example where choices lead to different futures.

path spliting in woods representing baseball recruiting exampleDoes playing baseball at Princeton and getting drafted by the Detroit Tigers count as success in playing baseball? If so, then pay attention to Steve Young’s recruiting story. The path to success isn’t always straight and obvious.


I remember the first letter I received from a college that was interested in me to play baseball for their program. I was a sophomore in high school and it was from Notre Dame. Now, I had already made up my mind in 7th grade that I was going to play baseball at Stanford but getting a letter from anyone at this point felt awesome! My first thought was, “How did they find me?”

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