I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You know, I was once named Minor League Player of the Year... unfortunately, I had been in the majors for two years at the time.
I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.
In 1962 I was named Minor League Player of the Year. It was my second season in the bigs.
I actually had a nickname as a player myself. When I played high school football in Texas, strong safety, they called me Choo Choo because they said I hit like a train.
My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.
I played baseball in college but I didn't identify with the jocks, I was in my own little world .
I think I was the best baseball player I ever saw.
I was a professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.
I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.
I was born to play baseball.