It was the same blind hope that has me watching the Cincinnati Reds play baseball most nights for seven months a year that had me sitting, watching the MLB Draft and hoping they’d take a college hitter with the 18th overall pick.
College kids are older than high school kids. They’re closer to the big leagues, in theory. The closer to the big leagues they are, the sooner they’re going to be able to chip in and help the big club win games. I was blindly hoping for that - the proximity to watching the Reds win games again.