Milo

ugarte · August 16, 2007, 12:02:21 PM

[quote evilnaturedrobot]I'm pretty sure that the only sports that require a year long sit are football, basketball and hockey. Thus, he could play baseball this year and then lace up his skates and play both sports next year.[/quote]
Spot on. Glad to see you've stopped drinking (today).

DILLIGAF · August 16, 2007, 12:56:15 PM

Talk about moving up in leagues. From the EZAC to Hockey East. This is a great move for Milo.

Jim Hyla · August 16, 2007, 01:24:09 PM

[quote DILLIGAF]Talk about moving up in leagues. From the EZAC to Hockey East. This is a great move for Milo.[/quote]But then, I didn't know that Hockey East had a baseball team.::blush::

ugarte · August 16, 2007, 01:52:20 PM

[quote Jim Hyla][quote DILLIGAF]Talk about moving up in leagues. From the EZAC to Hockey East. This is a great move for Milo.[/quote]But then, I didn't know that Hockey East had a baseball team.::blush::[/quote]
Neither does the ECAC (as far as Cornell is concerned). In baseball he is going from the Ivy League to America East.

DILLIGAF · August 16, 2007, 02:22:00 PM

He obvioulsy didn't leave to play baseball. He left to play baseball and hockey.

The Cornell baseball coach can't be real happy with Mike for screwing Milo over and driving him away. How often do you lose a Freshman All American because of another coach at your school?

Ben Rocky '04 · August 16, 2007, 03:57:10 PM

[quote DILLIGAF]whine whine whine, coach schafer sucks, whine whine whine[/quote]

broken record
*clap clap clapclapclap*
broken record
*clap clap clapclapclap*

sorry, i couldn't resist feeding the troll. they're just so darn cute sometimes.

evilnaturedrobot · August 16, 2007, 04:07:10 PM

[quote ugarte][quote evilnaturedrobot]I'm pretty sure that the only sports that require a year long sit are football, basketball and hockey. Thus, he could play baseball this year and then lace up his skates and play both sports next year.[/quote]
Spot on. Glad to see you've stopped drinking (today).[/quote]

well, the sun's still out.

marty · August 16, 2007, 05:40:32 PM

[quote DILLIGAF]He obvioulsy didn't leave to play baseball. He left to play baseball and hockey.

The Cornell baseball coach can't be real happy with Mike for screwing Milo over and driving him away. How often do you lose a Freshman All American because of another coach at your school?[/quote]

Or perhaps the hockey coach can't be real happy with Milo for being a jerk and screwing with the team. But I guess I don't know which of these suppositions is true.

But I do know that YYLLYGAD...FO...L...HTR...DLTDHYOTWO...&...FYVM!

French Rage · August 16, 2007, 07:10:13 PM

[quote DILLIGAF]He obvioulsy didn't leave to play baseball. He left to play baseball and hockey.

The Cornell baseball coach can't be real happy with Mike for screwing Milo over and driving him away. How often do you lose a Freshman All American because of another coach at your school?[/quote]

Mmhmm, Schafer should have treated Milo differently at a detriment to his team to help our amazing baseball team. Got it.

evilnaturedrobot · August 16, 2007, 10:29:39 PM

to be fair, every indication is that when Milo commited to Cornell he was told that he could play both sports ( I seem to recall that this being mentioned somtime in the 05-o6 year.) If it is true that Schafer changed his mind half way through the year, and there is no evidence of this aside from Dilligaf's highly suspect word, then it's a poor job on Mike's part. It would be completely unfair to Milo to tell him that he could play both sports and then boot him off the team for doing exactly that.

But again, the assumption has been made that Baseball is the reason for Milo's departure and I've yet to hear any comfirmation of this from a reliable source.

Swampy · August 17, 2007, 08:00:56 AM

[quote evilnaturedrobot]to be fair, every indication is that when Milo commited to Cornell he was told that he could play both sports ( I seem to recall that this being mentioned somtime in the 05-o6 year.) If it is true that Schafer changed his mind half way through the year, and there is no evidence of this aside from Dilligaf's highly suspect word, then it's a poor job on Mike's part. It would be completely unfair to Milo to tell him that he could play both sports and then boot him off the team for doing exactly that.

But again, the assumption has been made that Baseball is the reason for Milo's departure and I've yet to hear any comfirmation of this from a reliable source.[/quote]

Additionally, this alleged behavior on Shafer's part makes little sense. Talented athletes often play multiple sports. Didn't MJ play baseball and basketball at North Carolina? To have a one-sport policy would eliminate some of the more gifted athletes. Does anyone know of another player who played two sports under Mike?

Of course, if playing the two sports caused serious conflict, that would be another story. To my mind, there's a big difference between a coach saying, "No, you cannot play baseball and still be on this team" and one saying, "No, you cannot miss the ECAC playoffs to go to that Florida baseball tournament and remain on this team."

margolism · August 17, 2007, 08:39:37 AM

Milo removed from the 2008 Cornell baseball team roster.

jtwcornell91 · August 17, 2007, 08:59:11 AM

[quote Swampy]Does anyone know of another player who played two sports under Mike?[/quote]

Damian Rocke. :-D ::twak::

ugarte · August 17, 2007, 09:55:12 AM

[quote Swampy]Didn't MJ play baseball and basketball at North Carolina? [/quote]
No.

KeithK · August 17, 2007, 11:02:05 AM

[quote ugarte][quote Swampy]Didn't MJ play baseball and basketball at North Carolina? [/quote]
No.[/quote]
What part of Jordan's minor league "career" led you to think he'd played baseball since little league?