@cyruspavel Actually through all the tennis I watch, I think the most underrated player is Alexis Galarneau. Dude plays like a top 40 player, but he plays in all Challengers.
The parking lot attendant at the garage I often use is the most radiant, joyful, and friendly person you can ever meet.
Yesterday he asked me about my Giants hat, so I asked if he was a fan. His face lit up, as always:
"I used to play for the Giants for five years in the minor leagues. I was a shortstop."
He talked about how he grew up in the Dominican Republic, and moved to America to play professional baseball, and said he played with Pablo Sandoval and Alfonso Soriano - but his career abruptly ended.
As I drove away, I couldn’t help but think about how crushing that must be - to get so close to the very top of your profession, to spend your life chasing a dream, and then suddenly watch it disappear.
That kind of loss would leave a lot of people bitter, resentful, or forever wondering what could have been
Not him.
Instead, he radiates positivity, his energy is contagious, and he seems genuinely grateful for the life he has.
I cannot imagine him being happier if he ended up making it to the major leagues.
He fell off a very tall cliff, and chose a life of joy.