This year, one of the stories was of particular interest to the natural stone industry. It appears that a pitcher named Matt White - in camp with the Los Angeles Dodgers - purchased a parcel of land in Massachusetts a few years ago, and it contains a deposit of mica schist that has been estimated to be worth an unbelievable amount of money. The story was carried by the Associated Press and other major media outlets, and this morning as I drove to work, I almost careened off the highway when I heard ESPN Radio report that the quarry is estimated to contain $2.4 billion worth of stone. (Some of Matt White’s Dodger teammates have already nicknamed him “The Billionaire,” by the way.)
Now, I’m a huge baseball fan (as evidenced by the New York Mets jersey hanging in my office), and I love the idea that ESPN is talking about a stone quarry, but I’m not sure that Matt White should hand in his spikes and glove just yet.