For the next week or so, the College World Series will be a fixture on television sets in clubhouses throughout the major leagues. A look at the Milwaukee Brewers' roster shows an extraordinary number of players who spent time in the land of the aluminum bat. When I first came into baseball, college was not considered a real good source for professional baseball teams. That's not the case now.
Some kids go for their education.
Some kids go because they don't get offered the kind of money that they want out of high school. Some kids are late bloomers and need a chance to mature. The competition in college, especially at the bigger schools, is excellent. There are a lot of reasons to go to college. Brewers pitcher Ron Villone, who played basketball and football at the University of Massachusetts, agreed.