Teams draft mostly college players now, ... and a black kid from a poor family can't go to college unless he gets a scholarship. He can get one in basketball or football, but not in baseball.

How long can you afford to be poor is basically the question. Most of our athletes are college graduates. They're coming in at 23 years old. You become a brakeman and push for maybe six years. By that time you're pretty well into your middle age and you don't even have a career yet. It's pretty tough.

[Soon after he called his family.] The phone is ringing off the hook, and my poor 9-year-old is like 'What do I do?' ... This is surreal.

It is a poor family that hath neither a whore nor a thief in it

Doug was born and raised in Louisiana and came from a very poor family. They didn't have much.

I'm really excited. That college is the most family-oriented place. They're just wonderful.