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I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.

I went to school every day, like everyone else, and I played baseball for my high school team. I was a part of a lot of different activities outside of school.

I played sports in high school and in college.

I played sports growing up in high school.

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

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.

As a junior in high school, I had some injury problems with my arm and shoulder from baseball, so I didn't play quarterback as a junior. I played a little wide receiver, linebacker, and safety.

I wasn't a jock in school, and by the 10th grade, when I was in boarding school I was carrying water buckets for the girls' hockey team. I was the kid with long hair and glasses and acne trying to learn how to play guitar and piano in the music center. I was not an athlete past the age of 13 or 14 when they start throwing the ball really fast.

As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.

I played baseball in college but I didn't identify with the jocks, I was in my own little world .