Tyrone Brooks, the senior director of the front office Diversity Pipeline Program at MLB, speaks to attendees at a past Andre Dawson Classic event. (photo via Tyrone Brooks)

In baseball, it’s easy to get wistful about what could have been. Edwin Thompson, the current head coach at Georgetown University, wonders aloud about the potential of his 2019-20 squad at Eastern Kentucky University, which held a 12-2 record when the COVID-19 global pandemic cut its season short. He points to the fact that they had around 10 guys continue on to play professional baseball from that particular team. Yet, there’s not a tone of regret in Thompson’s voice -- in fact, he beams with pride when discussing the ecosystem that was cultivated on that team, with the focus surrounding graduate assistant Nic Wilson

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