The Diamond in the Rough

A story written by Hanna Meyers


Photo credit: Explore Georgia. Photo edited for story by Hanna Meyers.

Your friend plays his connections and is able to land VIP passes for your whole group. You attend the festival and mosh several of your favorite artists. And with the VIP passes, you and your friends even score a couple autographs from the headlining performers.

“Yo, that was the most fun I’ve ever had,” you say to your friends as you all leave the festival venue. It was true — it was nice to not really think about baseball for a weekend.

After several more music festivals and dozens of other exciting weekend plans, you graduate from high school with a near-perfect GPA. You end up getting the chance to play baseball in college, where you spend the next four years alongside teammates that become your lifelong friends.

While at college, you meet the love of your life, and you spend much of your free time with her. Your schedule becomes busier and busier, and eventually, you end up saying goodbye to baseball so you can marry your soulmate.

The end.