College baseball dreams of going big-time. Of summer madness to rival March and million-dollar contracts. In truth, baseball is the furthest thing from madness. Baylor coach Steve Smith pointed out that baseball players, more than any other collegians, pay to play their sport. Do the math.
Nobody gets a full ride.
Few have so much as a half. Modami gets very little financial help. He's playing baseball because he wants to pull an orange jersey over his head and walk into a ballpark, whether it's Iowa State's Cap Timm Field or Bricktown. He's going to have goosebumps in this tournament. Modami is a photo and autograph hound.