As the pitch was thrown my way I had swung the bat, i had missed the ball just by a mile. I felt a little embarrassed with my effort but never let it get me down.

The next two pitches went a little better, well I must say it went well because I didn’t get a pink slip from the club. I managed to get on the schools team that year.

I had spent the final two years of high school playing average baseball not achieving my highest.

I spent my college years playing any kind of baseball I could get into. I felt like I couldn’t give this dream up not with the time I had put in it so far.

I took my first contract out of college over in Japan. If I was going to make a name for myself best to start some where.