Article: Meyer started out on the wrong field

BEN WALKER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-09-2009

Meyer started out on the wrong field
By BEN WALKER, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 01-09-2009, Friday
Section: SPORTS
Edtion: Passaic edition

MIAMI Ask Urban Meyer about his days in baseball and his eyes narrow, any trace of a smile disappears.

No warm, way-back-when yarns of playing infield with future stars Ron Gant and Mark Lemke. No tender, coming-of-age tales about riding a rickety bus, making do with $5 in meal money at McDonalds.

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in 1982 ahead of Jose Canseco and Bret Saberhagen, the Florida football coach spent two seasons in the low minors.

His stats tell part of the story: a .182 batting ...

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