The hard reality of college baseball is minor league pro baseball. The minors are the gateway to the majors, and the baseball draft is a tempting gimme for young men who live to play the game. Baseball is, as I have said many times in the past, a life sport. The people who play it have to acquire serious skill sets, catching, throwing, hitting, running bases before they even are considered good enough for more than a sandlot team. That means starting early and playing a whole lot. Baseball seasons are always marathons that end up in longer more intense long-distance sprints to cap off the marathon seasons.