2. John’s Story By: John Delaney

3. John’s Decision John has decide on two tough topics Now John could either attend Miami University and have a tremendous college career or he could declare for the MLB draft Miami MLB

4. Miami University John decides to come to Miami but comes to a dilemma John comes to a point in his life where he needs to decide whether baseball is worth sticking with or whether he should quite and concentrate on school because his grades are bad Miami School

5. Baseball John decided to stick with baseball and just barely got by with his grades John ended up becoming an All-American baseball player along with the NCAA rookie of the year award

6. Academics John decided to take the road less travels and has put all his focus on his school work John became a deans list student and graduate Miami with honors

7. Chance in the MLB John decided to take a chance and declined the scholarship to Miami to go pro John has a slight problem in the minors, he tears every ligament in his leg and he needs to decide whether he should retire or try to make a comeback the chances of his comeback are 1 in 10 Miami Pro

8. Retirement John decided that his career was over and it was time to finish getting an education and focus on working in the real world John has an offered thrown in his face John was offered a full time job to be a head coach for Cal State Fullerton John can either take the job or go to school and work in the real world Cal StateReal World

9. Cal State Fullerton John takes the job and holds the highest winning percentage in NCAA history for a collegiate coach

10. Real World John end’s up going back to school to finish up his education He drops out of school and becomes a bum on the streets

11. MLB John takes the chance and has surgery to rehabilitate the leg John without any notice gets a letter in the mail and it states that the Boston Redsox no longer want to wait for his leg so they cut him lose John could either keep working to make it to the big leagues or head back to school MLB Real World

12. MLB Nothing slows John down and he tries to make it back to the big leagues He ends up coming back to full strength and the Cincinnati Reds sign him He ends up making to the big league’s and becoming an all star 10 times in his 12 year career