Bryan Pritz’s official RSI Blog

It has been a while since my last update, and noticed I still get a large number of hits on the site so I figured I would give everyone an update on what is going on and what has happened in the past few months.

After baseball ended in April, 2009 a lot has happened. I debated for a few months on continuing to play baseball, and ultimately decided against it. I had played 5 1/2 years of professional baseball with the Boston Red Sox and would essentially be starting over if I continued to play with another team. All the respect I had built with the Red Sox would be lost and I would have to spend a few more years to get back up to the top of any other organization. To me, as someone who has a lot of other aspirations and dreams other than baseball, it was time to say goodbye and get on with my life. It is something that I may never know if it was the right decision, but I made it and am happy with it.

I had a job lined up with a company out in California, but a deal fell through that would have given them the money they needed for a National expansion, which I would have been a part of leading. Since the deal fell through, that job has been delayed. While I wait for that to open up, I am selling marketing services on the East Coast. The job in California is expected to open up in late December/January. I have been lucky in starting a few businesses while playing baseball that has given me the experience and business relationships that will allow me to succeed outside of baseball. I am an exception to the idea that when most professional baseball players stop playing, there are few options outside of the sport. Many players have a high school education, or have left college before graduating. They play 3-10 years of baseball and once they are done, they have no education, experience or opportunities. It is actually quite sad what the dream of playing professional baseball can actually do to ruin someones life. I hope I don’t sound anti professional baseball, because I wouldn’t trade the experience for anything in the world, but professional baseball organizations need to help young players establish a base of experience or education so when they are done, they have something to fall back on.

Anyway….I just set up a meeting with the San Diego Padres, not as a player but to go work for their marketing department. I have always been interested in working on the front office side of the diamond, and maybe this will be my chance. I will meet with them Jan 11th.

The status of Real Sports Interactive is that it has been officially shut down. We had an amazing thing going, which both fans and players loved, but since MLB shut our operations down initially, we have never been able to gain the momentum and funding needed to launch a full scale operation. Our investors and partners decided not to get involved in the new concept, and without them we could not launch the idea as we wanted. We figured it was in everyones best interest to stop what we were doing, and possibly re-visit the concept in a few years.

~ by Admin on December 8, 2009.

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