Maybe five percent of minor leaguers make it to the big leagues. And sometimes it's worse when they do achieve the goal and realize that if they weren't happy before, they're still not. “It's like Tom Brady and the Super Bowl,” Hagen says. “There's gotta be more than this."

    He talks about the “sixth tool”, the guys who aren't in it for some future fulfillment when the riches shower down, but simply love being on a baseball field right now, wherever the field is, from stretches to wind sprints.




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