Michael Clare

You're going to play Little League, and you're going to get scouted in Europe.

you don't always feel like this is even an option for you.

And even if you get signed, if you don't have people that have come before you, you don't really have anyone to ask for advice.

It's a brand new thing, you know?

You feel a little left alone.

A lot of the Czech guys who were in the minors, they were often one of the only European players, so there weren't people similar to them going through similar experiences.

And they didn't have a player who reached the majors to go, hey, when I get to America...

What should I do?

You know, you're 17, 18, 19 years old often like you're a child.

I remember going to college at 18 and I was an absolute wreck.

If you gave me some money and put me in a minor league system, it would not have gone well for me.

So I think it's huge from a from a standpoint of.

Here is a dream, a realistic dream.

Here is an example.

And here is someone who can, you know, give that information back.

And you can say, if you're a kid in Slovakia, you're a kid in Ireland, you're a kid in rural Canada, you can put up a poster of Adam Matko and go, I can be the next Adam Matko.

And I think that's huge.

You know, same with Samuel Aldegheri, the first Italian born and developed pitcher to reach the majors.

He did that a couple of years back.

I mean, it really just...