So yeah i got a letter from John Shuerholz

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Perfect Cell

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I meant to post about this a couple of weeks ago. I sent Mr Shuerholz a letter about advise on getting a job in professional baseball, and much to my surprise he (or I guess his secretary) responded. Mind you he pretty much gave me no advise and said just to network a lot but it was still appreciated. Gonna see if I can upload a picture
 
He's not wrong about networking. I'd imagine it's pretty tough to get into baseball. I'd love to get in as a graphic or web designer.
 
ill have you know that I am an excellent writer in formal correspondence, and did not misspell his name in said letter I sent him. :)
 
http://tangotiger.com/index.php/site/comments/mlb-job-seekers



Tangos in with teams and usually posts mlb job openings on his blog. You don't get anymore sabermetric than He



To the guy who wanted to know the Job Secrets: figure out which of the three kinds of people you are (a) you know someone in MLB, (b) you don’t know someone in MLB but have ideas that you can write about, (c) you don’t know anyone, and you can’t write about your ideas.

For those of you in the (a) group: I don’t know how many people are hired via recommendations of people already in MLB, but I’d guess it’s substantial. It’s like in Donnie Brasco: I vouched for you Donnie. So, you better be a likable person, and you better not use people to get ahead, as everyone can see through that.

Then there’s those of us in the (b) group: 1. Start a blog, 2. Hope that your ideas get exposure. It really works.

For those of you in the (c) group: maybe someone out there can tell us.



PC, just start blogging
 
I'm going to assume you didn't get any advice because you didn't ask the right questions the right way. To get answers from Schueholtz, you need to be on the same level as him, for instance you probably would have gotten a book with all the answers if you would have asked questions like:

What does it take to be a championship caliber baseball executive?

How do I make sure that I make sure I due dillegence to make sure I pick a championship caliber team?

You can burn my house down, knowing that this is the profession I want to be in, and will not change careers.

The economics of paying for college stinks, absolutely stinks!
 
I've thought about blogging before. My idea was to write about legal issues when it came to baseball seing as how im not in any way shape or form an expert on saber metrics. Maybe ill start writing about the the whole Arod mess.
 
Perfect cell, how old are you? Just curious, I once went to college to get a degree in sport management, but decided to pursue another career when it seeming like I was walking into a dead end road.
 
Go for it PC, I know there is a lawyer who has branched off into the baseball blogging site. Meta, probably knows his name? Craig Calcutta or something like that. He's done well for himself
 
Millwood1Hitter said:
I'm going to assume you didn't get any advice because you didn't ask the right questions the right way. To get answers from Schueholtz, you need to be on the same level as him, for instance you probably would have gotten a book with all the answers if you would have asked questions like:

What does it take to be a championship caliber baseball executive?

How do I make sure that I make sure I due dillegence to make sure I pick a championship caliber team?

You can burn my house down, knowing that this is the profession I want to be in, and will not change careers.

The economics of paying for college stinks, absolutely stinks!
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+1 caliber
 
Gary82 said:
I'm in South Carolina. I know I'll most likely have to move to land something decent, and I have no problem with that.
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MLB HQ is in NYC so that's where all the web and design stuff is. I'm guessing some teams may have something, but from people I know, getting in at MLB is way easier than teams.
 
zitothebrave said:
MLB HQ is in NYC so that's where all the web and design stuff is. I'm guessing some teams may have something, but from people I know, getting in at MLB is way easier than teams.
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Yeah, I knew they were in NYC, it'd be pretty cool to land an internship or something out there.
 
I have a story that's a bit unrelated, but still relevant to this. I always wanted to have some involvement in music, but didn't know anyone in the industry. I started out a site when I was in grad school, and when I moved to NYC it really took off. But most importantly, it put me in very valuable networking situations, because people respected what I did as a music journalist and I got invites to tons of events. A few years later, I've been in every major record label office, met and developed relationships with tons of artists, executives, etc, but it helped me decide a music career wasn't for me. So I still do it as a side passion, but it definitely got me the exposure I was looking for. Don't see why the same can't be done for baseball.
 
AUTiger7222 said:
In JS's book he explains that he got into baseball with the Orioles by writing a similar letter.
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That was kind of what inspired me to write the letter. I was also lucky to meet Oscar Melendez an agent with Praver Shapiro early last year and he took me to one of the biggest showcases for Puerto Rico talent in may for the draft. It was a really good experience, especially seeing scouts for a lot teams like the Rays/Giants/Rangers/Padres.
 
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