I threw for a couple of bird dogs after I got out of high school. My tryouts lasted five minutes, total.
I can guarantee to you any baseball player would KNOW if he'd been drafted.
Fish story, maybe.
Maybe it was a purple heart from a fight in Kansas City.
Yes.......... that is true.
The bum probably threw about a 78 mph "fastball", and had a hanging curveball that looked way too often like a grapefruit to the hitter.
Although, the Cape Cod league is not too bad.