The life of a 23-year-old Major League Baseball player who still lives at home with his mom and dad.
…Major Leaguer Tyson Ross Bunks With Mom and Dad 3:04 Tyson Ross earns $400k as the Oakland A’s youngest pitcher. But he doesn’t live in a posh bachelor pad. He lives at home - with his parents. WSJ’s Stu Woo reports. It also leaves him open to ribbing. Mr. Ross’s teammates say they make a point of telling him after games that they are going home to their own home.”He’s up in that elusive tax bracket, and he’s still with mom and dad?” says fellow A’s pitcher Dallas Braden, 26, who hails from nearby Stockton, Calif., but has his own house. “I would tell him to utilize these things we call banks,” says Mr. Braden, who pitched a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays on May 9. Mr. Ross says he doesn’t mind the infrequent teasing. The hometown player was common until 1965, when baseball instituted a draft to let teams pick the best players nationwide, says sports historian Rick Obrand. Before, “most kids grew up liking the Yankees, or whoever it was, so unless they were offered a tremendous amount of money…
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Major League Baseball Players Who Still Live at Home