Chapter 122: Entry Point
For baseball, before Lip, not much is known.
Baseball is an absolutely niche sport in China, and it is indeed second only to football in the United States, and more popular than basketball.
The public secondary school in the slum where Lip attended before was rubbish, but it had all the sports teams it should have.
In fact, sports such as baseball, football, and basketball, which are very popular, are more popular at the bottom of American society than among the wealthy class.
Because the sports that the wealthy class is more willing to touch are more elegant equestrian, golf, tennis, sailing, rowing, etc.
A professional and highly marketed sport like baseball is an important ladder for children from slums.
The proportion of professional players who come from poor backgrounds is quite high.
Lip certainly has no intention of becoming a professional, and he doesn't have that talent – and even if he did, he's missing the best age to train at the moment.
Lip chose baseball as his main sport in college, not only to meet the University of Chicago's rigid rules, but also to integrate into the school's fraternity.
Although the baseball team is not a formal fraternity, the cohesion of a group sport like this is quite high.
The reason why Lip was able to mix up the title of "Little Prince of the Party" is directly related to his drill camp on the baseball team.
The endless variety of parties within the school are not just anyone, they can be invited, and they all need to have a leader.
Situations like when I first entered the school, I slipped into the party of the sorority where Chrissy was a child, but it was just a few cases.
The baseball team is not a star team at the University of Chicago, but thanks to the popularity of baseball, and its popularity, there are still several prominent figures on the team.
For example, the number one pitcher on Lip's baseball team is comparable to the quarterback of a football team.
The University of Chicago's baseball and football teams, like everywhere else, are bitter rivals.
The level of the football team at the University of Chicago, like baseball, is not very high, and they are all in the third tier of the NCAA.
The players of both teams participate in these two sports, basically out of hobby, and do not have the intention of developing professionally like those strong college teams.
However, competition is everywhere.
Football is the national sport of the United States and has the widest audience, but there are not many NCAA third-tier games, with a maximum of a dozen games in a season.
Baseball is slightly less influential than football, but it is better than the number of games, which are played almost every week.
This, like the professional league, each team in Major League Football only has a maximum of about 20 games per season, while each team in Major League Baseball has 162 games per season in the regular season alone, plus the playoffs and preseasons, and nearly 200 games are played each season.
Of course, there are not as many games as the NCAA third-tier teams in the professional leagues, but the University of Chicago baseball team, which also plays more than 40 games every season, is twice as many as the football team.
With more games, there are more opportunities to play, which is one of the reasons why Lip has been able to establish himself in the team so quickly.
Although Lip does not have too high baseball talent, he has good physical fitness, and the other players in the team are not much better than him, in this case, better physical fitness will have some advantages.
The rules of baseball are actually very simple, the NCAA third-tier level of competition is only slightly better than that of amateurs, and the game is not for honor, but for fun.
Lip had a lot of fun.
In addition to baseball, Lip joined a band in his spare time to prepare serious drum music.
As a reborn, if you don't copy a few songs, you're sorry for your name as a reborn!
Moreover, in the United States, where copyright protection is quite perfect, making music is a fairly quick way to make a profit.
In addition, if you want to enjoy life to the fullest and mix in the entertainment industry, it is a good choice.
Being a glamorous star is an unattainable dream for most people.
It is not difficult for Lip, who has the benefit of rebirth.
The dilemma is just how to find a suitable entry point.