On Feb 9, 5:19 pm, Terraholm <terraholmSPAM
...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Chainsaw wrote:
> > Any relation to Happy?
> He said back when playing for Oregon that he thinks they might be
> related. Nothing close.
K. Anders Ericsson, a prof of Psychology at Florida State, has made a
career of studying relative age and the idea of "talent" and practice
and just who "makes it." He's determined that practice is underrated
and innate "talent" overrated, but there is at least one thing germane
to this thread in Ericsson's work: he says if you want to make it in
the major leagues you're 800 times more likely to meet w/success if
your dad played in the majors. It's extremely likely that those
numbers roughly carry over to the NBA.
Luke ain't no Bill; OTOH, Joe ain't no Mamba.
Still, making it in the show? It's an extraordinary thing,
statistically, given the numbers of guys who dream about it and work
their asses off for it.
Re: the Hairstons: Sam Hairston played for the Chisox, and before
that, the Negro League. His son Jerry played in the majors from
1973-89. His sons, Jerry Jr and Scott, both play in the majors now.
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