Certainly not Matt White, at least not financially, as he's the Dodgers prospect that discovered billions of dollars worth of valuable rock on his grandmother's old farm. White bought the place for $50,000, and almost immediately turned that investment into an unimaginable fortune through dumb luck.So it's perhaps with a slight shrug and a hearty "Oh well" that White can accept his demotion to the Dodgers' minor league squad today:
Talk of the rock fortune was strange for a week, "but it settled down and I was able to do my job on the mound and that's what they are looking at," White said. "I don't even want to talk about rocks right now, but it wasn't a distraction to my pitching."One of the more impressive things about White during this whole story was his desire to continue to play baseball. It's a bit of a misconception that all professional athletes love what they do; often, instead, they do it simply because they are good at it and can make a prolific living.The reliever allowed one earned run and two hits in 7 1-3 innings. He said he will be sent to Triple-A Las Vegas, where he is likely to be a situational left-hander.
"Just go down and get your work in, keep your focus on what you have been doing since you have been up here," White said the team told him. "I will continue to work on my sidearm pitches and go down and get some innings to get ready to be called up."
Instead, with White, that living is all but secured, and the guy still wants to play baseball. Whether that be in Triple A or in the Majors, it's a special story nonetheless.
