Prodigy From 4 Years Ago. [A Where-Are-They-Now Installment]
In light of the viral video about Gabby Price, our friend Guga points to another tennis prodigy that was crowned 4 years ago: Deiton Baughman.
Here's the promo video on local Fox News affiliate that reminded Guga of the Gabby price vid:
Deiton Baughman Video
Deiton appears to still be playing competitive tennis, but he is not the top dog in 18s. This just shows that the top kids at 9 and 12 years old are not necessarily the top at 18 and much less 24.
Replies to This Discussion
-
Permalink Reply by Hal Wagner on
-
I think he can serve big, but according to dad/coach he only uses when needed.
-
Permalink Reply by Tim Prapong on
-
Yeah, I see his dad's youtube channel. No footage of his serve. Kinda got a touch of the Fed approach on forehand, Djoko approach on the backhand. Pretty interesting.
-
Permalink Reply by Mark / The Mayor on
-
His backhand seems to stiff to me, like a Roddick backhand. See how Deiton stiff arms it?
-
-
Here's the promo video on local Fox News affiliate that reminded Guga of the Gabby price vid:
Deiton Baughman
-
-
Family seems a great deal more centered, athough they sold their house and moved into a trailer park.
-
Permalink Reply by CoachV - William Vazquez on -
Trailer parks are not cheap
-
-
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.
-
Permalink Reply by Paul Atreides on
-
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.
-
-
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).
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6361853_ITM
Here's an excerpt from the article:
"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.
"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.''
Here's Sports Illistrated article about Howard Schoenfield from 1982:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126091/...
-
-
Reading through the SI article, looks like Schoenfield was approaching burnout at 24. I'd like to see footage of his game.
-
-
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?
-
-
I could only see the part you quoted. The rest is blacked out.
- ‹ Previous
- 1
- 2
- 3
- Next ›
© 2024 Created by Mark / The Mayor.
Powered by
