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OT- What did everyone want to do as a kid when they grew up?

  • Rabid said...

    Going to MTSU and majoring in journalism.

    Awesome! Hopefully they don't steal your Michigan fandom.

    If you want to be an ESPN writer you're definitely on the right track, just make sure you surround yourself with the right people.

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  • Mitch Again said...

    Haha that's brutal. With the way my arm was trending, had I decided to pitch in college I would've needed surgery as well. Miss it more than anything though, pitching is one of/if not the greatest positions in all of sports. I wish everyone could experience what it's like at a highly competitive level.

    Yeah, it happened the summer before my senior year, while I was traveling for our select leagues. cry We won state my senior year and a national title but I couldn't play. lol

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  • Mitch Again said...

    Awesome! Hopefully they don't steal your Michigan fandom.

    If you want to be an ESPN writer you're definitely on the right track, just make sure you surround yourself with the right people.

    Thanks, I'll definitely try. thumbsup

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  • Mitch Again said...

    Haha that's brutal. With the way my arm was trending, had I decided to pitch in college I would've needed surgery as well. Miss it more than anything though, pitching is one of/if not the greatest positions in all of sports. I wish everyone could experience what it's like at a highly competitive level.

    I absolutely hated pitching! Hated it with a passion.

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  • Wanted to pitch in the bigs until I blew out my arm in 9th grade, and then I went with the backup plan of being a lawyer.

    Fortunately, my firm takes great pride in its softball team, so I can still combine my dreams!

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    CMXI

  • I wanted to be an announcer on ESPN and go to Syracuse like Mike Tirico, but in 9th grade I developed a hatred for writing and now aspire to work in the front office of a MLB team under some capacity.

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  • WillyWolverine said...

    I absolutely hated pitching! Hated it with a passion.

    You must have sucked at it. Understandable.

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  • CMXI said...

    Wanted to pitch in the bigs until I blew out my arm in 9th grade, and then I went with the backup plan of being a lawyer.

    Fortunately, my firm takes great pride in its softball team, so I can still combine my dreams!

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  • I had a few dreams growing up and believe it or not, I attained each one of them
    Play football - check
    Work in radio - check (WIQB in Ann Arbor about 20 years ago)
    Work for a pro team - check (worked for the Tigers and the Pistons)

    The working part wasn't all that it was cracked up to be so I left both jobs and am now just a working stiff trying to support a family. Hooray.

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  • Couldn't ever make up my mind

    Age 4 or 5: Paleontologist
    mid-late elementary school: NBA player or Air Force pilot
    middle school: MLB player, actor, MLB GM, playwright, novelist
    various times in high school: sports writer, political journalist, politician, lawyer, political operative, lobbyist, statistician, professional poker player

    inuyesta

  • Mitch Again said...

    You must have sucked at it. Understandable.

    lol I wasn't great but my coach made me pitch so I couldn't of been that bad.

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  • WillyWolverine said...

    lol I wasn't great but my coach made me pitch so I couldn't of been that bad.

    My coaches' philosophy: "If you have an arm and can throw, you can pitch"

    So not true.

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  • Mitch Again said...

    My coaches' philosophy: "If you have an arm and can throw, you can pitch"

    So not true.

    My coach has a similar philosophy and a lot of my teammates want me to pitch this year because I have a nasty knuckleball, but I've literally never pitched once in my life. I'm pretty sure I'm going to suck and hate it.

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  • Due51 said...

    I had a few dreams growing up and believe it or not, I attained each one of them
    Play football - check
    Work in radio - check (WIQB in Ann Arbor about 20 years ago)
    Work for a pro team - check (worked for the Tigers and the Pistons)

    The working part wasn't all that it was cracked up to be so I left both jobs and am now just a working stiff trying to support a family. Hooray.

    College football? Where at?

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  • Funny that you asked, Police officer.

    For 16 years I was the sole financial supporter for my family of what is now 7 people (wife and I with 5 children). My wife has been working for the last year and with her financial security we decided last week that it is time for me to make a career change and enroll in the police academy.

    No wages from me for 20+ weeks and taking a big pay cut once I find work. Finally doing what I want to do instead of what I have to do though.

    This post was edited by xxmgobluexx on 3/1/2013 at 4:06 PM

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  • Astronaut, then the Challenger blew up and i started reconsidering.

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    MKatUmich

  • inuyesta said...

    Couldn't ever make up my mind

    Age 4 or 5: Paleontologist
    mid-late elementary school: NBA player or Air Force pilot
    middle school: MLB player, actor, MLB GM, playwright, novelist
    various times in high school: sports writer, political journalist, politician, lawyer, political operative, lobbyist, statistician, professional poker player

    lol That's a lot, what do you do now?

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  • TAMUWolverine said...

    lol That's a lot, what do you do now?

    I'm in law school. I have about 10 different ideas about what sort of law I want to practice though lol, so my career indecisiveness hasn't gone away at all

    inuyesta

  • xxmgobluexx said...

    Funny that you asked, Police officer.

    For 16 years I have been the sole financial supporter for my family of what is now 7 people (wife and I with 5 children). My wife has been working for the last year and with her financial security we decided last week that it is time for me to make a career change and enroll in the police academy.

    No wages from me for 20+ weeks and taking a big pay cut once I find work. Finally doing what I want to do instead of what I have to do though.

    One of my friend's just did this. His wife is a teacher so they struggled for a while but he says it's really paid off for him and he doesn't regret it at all. Good luck man. thumbsup

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  • Mitch Again said...

    My coaches' philosophy: "If you have an arm and can throw, you can pitch"

    So not true.

    Yeah, this works up until about middle school. After that, you really need to have a pitcher's mentality.

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  • MKatUmich said...

    Astronaut, then the Challenger blew up and i started reconsidering.

    Aerospace Engineering is a pretty big deal here at A&M with NASA located in Houston.

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  • inuyesta said...

    I'm in law school. I have about 10 different ideas about what sort of law I want to practice though lol, so my career indecisiveness hasn't gone away at all

    Out of curiosity, where are you in school/where do you want to practice? If I've got any connections in the area, I'd be glad to tap them for you.

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  • inuyesta said...

    I'm in law school. I have about 10 different ideas about what sort of law I want to practice though lol, so my career indecisiveness hasn't gone away at all

    Damn. lol How much more time do you have left?

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  • Due51 said...

    I had a few dreams growing up and believe it or not, I attained each one of them
    Play football - check
    Work in radio - check (WIQB in Ann Arbor about 20 years ago)
    Work for a pro team - check (worked for the Tigers and the Pistons)

    The working part wasn't all that it was cracked up to be so I left both jobs and am now just a working stiff trying to support a family. Hooray.

    That's awesome. Another side dream of mine would have been to work in some capacity for the Michigan football team or the Lions.

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  • CMXI said...

    Out of curiosity, where are you in school/where do you want to practice? If I've got any connections in the area, I'd be glad to tap them for you.

    That'd be great, thanks. I'm 2L, looking primarily to either go back home to the Bay Area or stay in NYC. Also kind of thinking about going back to DC...but that's pretty solidly a tier below at this point.

    inuyesta

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