Where do we even start with Dick Howser? His life reads like a fairy tale. He was a small child, somewhat scrawny, and even though he was an excellent high school baseball player, coaches thought he was too small to play college ball. Undeterred, he walked on at Florida State. During his tryout, he gobbled up every ball hit his way and at the plate, swung the bat with authority, spanking hits to every field. After the tryout, FSU coach Danny Litwhiler said, “I got myself a shortstop!”
Howser hit .422 as a sophomore, garnering All-American honors. He repeated as an All-American in his junior campaign.