Here are two reasons why you should care about your grades of you're a youth baseball player or athlete.
1. Getting good grades in most public high schools comes down to nothing more than organization, focus, and follow through. Of those three, are any unimportant for an athlete to possess? You're right, all of them are important. What message are you sending a college coach or pro scout if you can't manage your academics? How about the message that you are really just a talented athlete just like the thousands of others like you out there who are in the market to play collegiate or professional athletics. There are too many talented slackers; if you're one of them, you'll be easy to pass up because you lack the LONG TERM desire to expand your skill sets.
2. On a related point, getting good grades demonstrates responsibility. The last thing a college coach or professional organization wants to deal with is an athlete who continually puts himself in stupid situations. They are not running a babysitting service. Again, there are others out there who are as talented as you. YOU ARE EXPENDABLE ALWAYS until you prove you are not. This proof has nothing to do with what you did last game, week, or year. Good athletes don't live in the past and always seek to improve upon their craft. Daily.
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