By doing that and being very competitive, the grown-ups started telling me even back before I started playing organized ball that I was too physical and too advanced for the kids my own age.

I wanted to stay close enough so mom could see me play - where I could go home if I needed to.

It's all about the attitude, gut, heart and determination to go out and give 120% every time to try and help the team win.

The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.

So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.

If I miss anything about the sport, it's the camaraderie of old teammates.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.