You don't see this sort of thing very often, I think its really neat (also cause I'm a Sox fan)
"And then there's Daniel Nava. His pedigree was so modest that he …
• tried out for his college team at Santa Clara as a walk-on
• didn't make it
• became the equipment manager
• left after two years because he couldn't afford tuition
• transferred to junior college
• went undrafted
• signed with the Chico Outlaws of the Golden Baseball League
• got cut by the Outlaws after a tryout
• came back a year later
• and finally got signed by the Red Sox on the say-so of assistant director of pro scouting Jared Porter …
• … for $1.
Nava is now the leadoff man for the Sox, hitting .294/.411/.462 and making the league minimum."
Hustle hustle hustle, hard.
"Nava is only the second player in Major League Baseball history to hit a grand slam on the very first pitch he saw in the majors."
Reminds me of jeremy lin, except not asian. Maybe that's why he doesn't have as hype/press coverage
Look at Brandon Beachy or Jose Altuve. Both were thought of as people who could have never played baseball (Beachy went undrafted, Altuve physically looked as if he did not have the making of a baseball player). Both in the majors.
Also, Red Soxs suck.
You missed the key thing:
For three years, he left a ticket at every minor league home game for ESPN sportscaster Erin Andrews.
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