My dad and all my family were into baseball. His brothers, my mom's brothers, my mom's father. Baseball was just always a part of our family.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.
Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.
My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.
My mom, she wasn't like a baseball mother who knew everything about the game. She just wanted me to be happy with what I was doing.
Baseball was one-hundred percent of my life.
I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.
My little brothers loved baseball. I'm not as big on that as basketball or football, but I understand the game.
Baseball life is a tough life on the family.
I've played for teams that were family-oriented organizations. They made you feel like family. The Yankees are strictly a business. Baseball is your life and everything else is secondary.
I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.
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