College
Perez went to Columbia University where he studied American studies and creative writing, training he later used to become the first Major League Baseball player published in Poetry Magazine. At Columbia, he played baseball for three years before being selected by the Rays in the 7th round (195th overall) of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft. Perez was one of six Ivy Leaguers on major league rosters at the beginning of the 2009 season.Perez is a fan of poets Robert Creely and John Ashberry as well as author Tom Miller (travel writer).
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Famous quotes containing the word college:
“Training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing but cabbage with a college education.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“here
to this college on the hill above Harlem
I am the only colored student in my class.”
—Langston Hughes (1902–1967)
“Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)