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...back of my mind, I knew that getting an education gave me a fallback option in case I got injured and could not play baseball,” Lopez said...
...Lopez planned on attending Harvard for two or three years, hoping to improve his draft prospects and then leave early to play professionally. As a high school senior, dozens of scouts attended Lopez’ games and approached him after games. An Atlanta Braves official told Lopez that if he declared himself eligible for the draft out of high school, Atlanta would likely take him in the fifth or sixth round—giving the Braves two Javy Lopezes...
Throughout high school, Lopez’s life revolved around baseball. At Westminster Christian, Lopez won a national championship and two state titles. Westminster is the same school that produced Alex Rodriguez. Lopez, in fact, became personal friends with Rodriguez, who still returns to Westminster every offseason as a conditioning coach...
Groomed to be a star, Lopez was devastated when he heard his doctor’s diagnosis of his eye injury...
...head of optometry told me I would have the motor functions of a 65-year old man,” Lopez said. “He ruled out baseball as an option and just wanted me to focus on learning how to walk again...