I was a ballplayer but only for a limited time. I grew up playing in Wisconsin. It's a very sports-centric part of the country that I grew up in and I played a lot of sports but baseball first and foremost. I played through high school. I was a middle-infielder.
In fact there's a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.
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The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.