[The Goat]

This is a great thread. Sometimes our decisions/experiences don't always sound or seem like much at first glance but I think we all understand how they can be life changing, for better or worse.

The one thing I'd like to redo is switching baseball teams in high school. The local club was turned over to a couple lousy coaches who didn't like my step-father and didn't want me on the team. Even though I kicked ass at tryouts they cut me. I put away my pride at first and went to the HC a few days l8r asking if I could basically redshirt for a year. He was pretty young and I could tell he knew I should be on the roster, but he still said no at first. I had an in w/ the head coach of a rival club, but according to some rule the local HC had to release me. When I asked for the release to switch clubs he changed his mind and offered me a spot on the team. He even came to my school to tell me my uniform was already ordered. By then my pride had taken over so I switched anyway. I didn't realize until years l8r it was really the main assistant, an old attorney in town who really hated my step-father, causing all the trouble. The HC was a pretty good guy probably.

Anyway I grew up playing ball w/ most of my good friends. Switching clubs meant I spent most of the next year away from those guys, and then instead of playing ball the following season I lived in Europe for the summer w/ a foreign exchange student. Never really reconnected with the guys I grew up with, and I missed playing ball.