I never would’ve expected one of the best quotes I’ve ever read on youth sports to come from Jeff Samardzija.

“Those kids that have a coach telling them they need to play only one sport, they can tell (the coach) to take a hike,” Samardzija told me. “That’s selfish on the coach’s part . . .

“You’ve got to have fun as a kid. You’re not going to be fully sure (which sport is best for you) until you’re 18, 19, 20, 21, anyway. To specialize in athletics at an early age — 12, 13, 14 — is kind of ridiculous. Your body doesn’t even know what way to go. You’re not fully developed.

“The important thing is, early on, learning how to compete, learning how to adjust to different scenarios in different sports, to deal with pressure — things like that. The foundations of athletics.”

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/baseball-football-antwaan-randle-el-j…