I pissed some of you guys off awhile back by stating that "on paper" San Diego is not a city that is ever going to have a reputation as one of the "harder" cities in America, and that the hood portion of San Diego makes up a much smaller chunk of the area than it does in other places.
Here is something San Diego is off the charts on paper: Baseball.
25.44 major league baseball players per 1 million male population. That's off the charts high (the next closest is 18.14). For California reference, LA-Riverside-Orange County is at 15.40 and The Bay is at 9.13.
Chula Vista was really the epicenter of all of this talent. There are 8 major leaguers from high schools in Chula Vista, that's a ridiculous amount for a suburb of only 175,000 people.
For football you guys were 11th out of 49 (metro areas over 1 million people) and for basketball you guys were 42nd out of 49.
Congratulations, I know all statistical analysis have their shortcomings but when the gap is this big, I think it's pretty obvious that the best high school baseball in the country is played in San Diego.
Here is something San Diego is off the charts on paper: Baseball.
25.44 major league baseball players per 1 million male population. That's off the charts high (the next closest is 18.14). For California reference, LA-Riverside-Orange County is at 15.40 and The Bay is at 9.13.
Chula Vista was really the epicenter of all of this talent. There are 8 major leaguers from high schools in Chula Vista, that's a ridiculous amount for a suburb of only 175,000 people.
For football you guys were 11th out of 49 (metro areas over 1 million people) and for basketball you guys were 42nd out of 49.
Congratulations, I know all statistical analysis have their shortcomings but when the gap is this big, I think it's pretty obvious that the best high school baseball in the country is played in San Diego.
