Greatest 21 Days Baseball Profiles

Having just completed his second season as a pro, Bryan Niemeyer went back to school, at Ohio State, The Lima News wrote . When he'd signed with the Red Sox, a big incentive was his schooling. The Red Sox would pay for it, The News wrote . "It's worked out so far and I like sending them (Boston) the bill for my education," Niemeyer told The News then. For Niemeyer, though, his baseball career was all but done. He'd be released the next year before getting into a game. But he had some athletics left in him, and it would come with his schooling. After having played quarterback in high school, he walked on with the Ohio State football team and made it as a QB backup. He also used his schooling for his post-athletics career, as an attorney. Niemeyer's baseball career began in 1989, taken by the Red Sox in the 34th round of the draft out of Minster High School in Ohio. Niemeyer cited the education guarantee as tipping the scales for him in deciding to forgo a ...