Prodigy From 4 Years Ago. [A Where-Are-They-Now Installment] - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2024-03-29T00:18:49Zhttp://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/tennis-prodigy-deiton-baughman?commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A989573&feed=yes&xn_auth=noEight "National Championship"…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9896962012-12-15T23:15:08.200ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>Eight "National Championship" titles! Best ever to my knowledge. BTW, below, I posted a link to that picture just after you posted the picture itself. I didn't see yours. If anything, Schoenfield being a few years older, Mac had a Schoenfield look to his hair. As I mentioned in my post, he already looks a little bit gone in this pic. Not sure if he's imagining his racquet to be a guitar, or a rifle. If you go to my link below, at the bottom of the page you'll see the same picture and a…</p>
<p>Eight "National Championship" titles! Best ever to my knowledge. BTW, below, I posted a link to that picture just after you posted the picture itself. I didn't see yours. If anything, Schoenfield being a few years older, Mac had a Schoenfield look to his hair. As I mentioned in my post, he already looks a little bit gone in this pic. Not sure if he's imagining his racquet to be a guitar, or a rifle. If you go to my link below, at the bottom of the page you'll see the same picture and a newspaper clipping (upside down) with a caption that I quoted below describing his game.</p> I doubt there's any video. H…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9893692012-12-15T21:11:25.208ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>I doubt there's any video. Here's a pic of him from 1980. Scroll to the bottom. He would have been about 23. He looks a little gone already at this point.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Howard-Schoenfield-tennis-favorite-Press-Photo-/160740071704">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Howard-Schoenfield-tennis-favorite-Pre...</a></p>
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<p>PS: At the very bottom is a cut out from what looks like a newspaper picture upside down with the caption: "Howard Schoenfield is soooo…</p>
<p>I doubt there's any video. Here's a pic of him from 1980. Scroll to the bottom. He would have been about 23. He looks a little gone already at this point.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Howard-Schoenfield-tennis-favorite-Press-Photo-/160740071704">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1980-Howard-Schoenfield-tennis-favorite-Pre...</a></p>
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<p>PS: At the very bottom is a cut out from what looks like a newspaper picture upside down with the caption: "Howard Schoenfield is soooo effortlessly smooth and implacable that when he fires blazing shots from either side it's as shockingly unexpected as Robert Merrill singing Jailhouse Rock." </p>
<p>I don't know who Robert Merrill is, but, I'm guessing he's a balladeer. </p> Ok, sorry I was skimming and…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9894612012-12-15T21:02:28.526ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>Ok, sorry I was skimming and didn't see the survey. Yeah, the whole story is pretty sad. Eight junior titles is remarkable. Too bad he got involved with drugs and his mother's suicide must've been extremely damaging to him. The only visual I could find of him. Kinda has that McEnroe look to his hair. …</p>
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<p>Ok, sorry I was skimming and didn't see the survey. Yeah, the whole story is pretty sad. Eight junior titles is remarkable. Too bad he got involved with drugs and his mother's suicide must've been extremely damaging to him. The only visual I could find of him. Kinda has that McEnroe look to his hair. </p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127144011?profile=original" target="_self"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3127144011?profile=original" width="608" class="align-full"/></a></p> You have to answer some innoc…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9895732012-12-15T20:36:58.773ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>You have to answer some innocuous survey questions to see the whole article.</p>
<p>You have to answer some innocuous survey questions to see the whole article.</p> I could only see the part you…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9895682012-12-15T20:00:10.278ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>I could only see the part you quoted. The rest is blacked out.</p>
<p>I could only see the part you quoted. The rest is blacked out.</p> Schoenfield was diagnosed par…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9896782012-12-15T19:56:37.494ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>Schoenfield was diagnosed paranoid-schizophrenic. It was not a matter of burnout. His pro career never had a chance. Did you read the Knight-Ridder newspaper article?</p>
<p>Schoenfield was diagnosed paranoid-schizophrenic. It was not a matter of burnout. His pro career never had a chance. Did you read the Knight-Ridder newspaper article?</p> Reading through the SI articl…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9895662012-12-15T19:52:15.244ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>Reading through the SI article, looks like Schoenfield was approaching burnout at 24. I'd like to see footage of his game.</p>
<p>Reading through the SI article, looks like Schoenfield was approaching burnout at 24. I'd like to see footage of his game.</p> Here's a KnightRidder/Tribune…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9896702012-12-15T18:36:33.798ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>Here's a KnightRidder/Tribune newspaper article on Howard Schoenfield from 1996 entitled: "He was as good as McEnroe, but it didn't help him beat mental illness, drug use." (You have to answer some survey questions to see the full article).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6361853_ITM">http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6361853_ITM</a></p>
<p>Here's an excerpt from the article:</p>
<p>"Schoenfield lives in what used to be a bed and breakfast…</p>
<p>Here's a KnightRidder/Tribune newspaper article on Howard Schoenfield from 1996 entitled: "He was as good as McEnroe, but it didn't help him beat mental illness, drug use." (You have to answer some survey questions to see the full article).</p>
<p><a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6361853_ITM">http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6361853_ITM</a></p>
<p>Here's an excerpt from the article:</p>
<p>"Schoenfield lives in what used to be a bed and breakfast in Hialeah. Now it is a halfway house offering supervised living for adults with mental problems. The building has a bright coat of orange paint and an equally optimistic name: Happy Home.</p>
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<p>"Doctors have diagnosed Schoenfield as a type one paranoid schizophrenic. ``The most severe kind,'' says Happy Home manager Marco Guim. ``He hears voices. He's delusional. He's paranoid.''</p>
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<p>Here's Sports Illistrated article about Howard Schoenfield from 1982:</p>
<p><a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126091/6/index.htm">http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126091/6/index.htm</a></p> Howard Schoenfield! Possibly…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-15:1869403:Comment:9893612012-12-15T18:08:48.661ZPaul Atreideshttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/PaulAtreides
<p>Howard Schoenfield! Possibly the greatest player off all time that never happened. If he hadn't had the family/psychiatric/drug problems that he had, Connors, Borg and McEnroe may have won fewer majors than they did win. I have no idea where he is now.</p>
<p>Howard Schoenfield! Possibly the greatest player off all time that never happened. If he hadn't had the family/psychiatric/drug problems that he had, Connors, Borg and McEnroe may have won fewer majors than they did win. I have no idea where he is now.</p> Cheaper than a house without…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-12-14:1869403:Comment:9892482012-12-14T04:53:26.035ZMark / The Mayorhttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/archibot
<p>Cheaper than a house without wheels! No, the park itself is not cheap - a slumlord can make a good living running one of those places. But the trailers? Those are cheap.</p>
<p>Cheaper than a house without wheels! No, the park itself is not cheap - a slumlord can make a good living running one of those places. But the trailers? Those are cheap.</p>