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My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

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.

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.

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.

Everything I learned about the game of baseball, I learned from my dad.

I had a great time with baseball growing up. I was lucky to grow up with it and to learn.

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

I was a baseball fan myself, I wanted to play baseball.

My father played baseball. That's what I know to do. That's my gift. God has given me the greatest gift. And that's what I love to do.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a baseball player.