Northern California all-star baseball tournament held in Sacramento. For this team, I ended up in the role of “hotshot closer”. I had a mean fastball and deceptive curve that year (for a 14 year old).

I really enjoyed pitching, but had a harder time with it as I grew older. The next season one of my coaches did something that no one had ever done before: put me at catcher. From that day forward, I would rarely be placed anywhere else on the field.