Josh Holliday calmly opened the charcoal-gray suitcase stuffed with stacks of fake $100 bills.
“Here’s a million bucks,” Holliday said. “Do you think that’s life-changing money?”
The response he receives is always a predictable yes, he said. Although the thin green pieces of paper are useless as currency, they have value to Holliday, the Oklahoma State baseball coach, when he uses them as a concrete representation of a Minor League Baseball player’s financial future.
In his Allie P. Reynolds Stadium office, Holliday demonstrated the presentation he typically gives to high school recruits trying to decide whether to sign with a professional team or go to college.