Ernie Goldsby ’58
I signed with Cincinnati after high school and spent one year in the minor leagues, which wasn’t really that great because I was playing with guys who had been there 2 or 3 years. It was like a big meat market. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you really love it. I know guys who did well and got bad breaks. If someone doesn’t like you, that’s it. It is better to get an education. The scouts know when you’re still early on in high school if they want you. Now they use colleges as a farm system, so there isn’t the money spent on farm teams today. You have to be in the right flow.
I was drafted into the Army in 1963. I had two years in the Army and 2 in the Reserves. I was sent to Germany. Then I worked for the post office in Oakland for 35 years and retired in 1995 to take care of my parents. I have one son. He went to college and is a banker.