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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 professional baseball player from the time I was drafted out of high school in 1981 until the time I retired in 2003.

I played Little League in junior high and high school.

My first year of pro ball I played in the Northwest league and made the all-star team, and the next year I played I led the team in hitting and was third or fifth in the league.

I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.

I had 12 years under my belt of baseball at the amateur level before I got to the big leagues.

I remember making the all-star team in Little League when I was around 11 years old. I was not a great athlete, but I loved it, so making starting second base in the all-star was great for me. I think someone must have been sick and they slotted me in.

I played ball for the Hollywood Blues of the Pacific Coast League, and I thought I was going to be a major leaguer. But I was the only one who seemed to think so.

I'm in the major league now.