In F1 there is another very important feature that mitigates the high salary. You can get killed driving up to 300 kph in a 1200 pound car. Also, few people can drive a car that fast without activating one's sense of self-preservation.
Trout was a senior in HS when he was drafted. Nobody could have expected then that he would be this good. Look at some of the players that were drafted ahead of him - Matt Hobgood, Jiovanni Mier, Bobby Borchering. These guys have never even reached the majors and likely never will.
This shit happens all the time in MLB. It's the hardest of the sports by far to scout.
No one can be compared to the great Mick. He was my hero when I was a kid. I was heartbroken when he called it quits 50 years ago. He was a Triple Crown winner at 24, batting .353 with 52 home runs and 130 RBI. Trout has yet to come close to that. Mantle was also part of 12 World Series teams. Definitely, Trout is not the reincarnation of the great Mick. The most Mantle made was $100,000 near the end of his career.
Never saw him play real time but heard stories about him and saw videos of his playing days. He accomplished all that after MLB integrated, before expansion diluted the talent base and no one heard of PED.
Are you Googling again? LOL! My 5 years would be 3 years in WWII and 2 years in the Korean Conflict. No, I will not provide a detailed breakdown by hours, days, weeks and months. So, 3 years plus 2 years = 5 years.
You wrote that he lost 5 baseball years wearing a different uniform in WW II.
Ted Williams Service Records shows he served on active duty status in the US military from 1943-1946, and 1952-1953.
