Erie, Pennsylvania — So many stories from the minor leagues follow either of two paths.
The hotshot prep star turns down a college scholarship, signs a contract, then spends however many years in the bushes en route to the big leagues, or to realizing it’s probably time for another occupation.
Then, there’s the college hotshot. He opts for the scholarship and later gets drafted as a junior or senior. And then it’s on to the roulette wheel known as professional baseball.
John Schreiber fits neither mold.
“If you’d have told me in high school I’d be playing in the Tigers organization,” Schreiber said this week during a chat inside the Double A Erie clubhouse, “I’d have said no way.