The Injury That Ended Morgan Wallen's Baseball Career
The story goes that Morgan Wallen was on track to play baseball at the college level but that all came crashing down when he tore the UCL in his elbow, as reported by Holler.
"I went through a period where I was trying to figure out what I was going to do. It was hard, I was devastated because I'd put so much time and effort into baseball" the "Wasted on You" singer confessed about his plight. Fortunately, however, Wallen opted to make lemons out of lemonade. "So, I started writing songs and playing guitar. It was a way to help me get my feelings out and just to keep my mind occupied and to say the things that I wanted to say. By the time I was about 19 is when I really started growing the love for music that could be my music."
In 2014, Wallen competed on NBC's singing reality competition television series, "The Voice" and although he didn't take home the W he left with a plethora of experience and industry contacts. "My favorite thing about it was I got to meet my manager, my booking agent through that whole process and just kind of got to be another step along the way to get to where I want to be," he recalled. And the rest is simply country music history! But make no mistake — Wallen never forgot about his favorite sport.
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