Occupation: Baseball Player Birth: May 9, 1984
I get to kind of pretend I'm going to play baseball. I get to work out and do all the stuff that was part of baseball. I just don't get to play..
Him [my dad] bringing me to the clubhouse when I was young helped me out because I see what they do in baseball and what it's about. He pretty much t….
Miguel and Justin, the two biggest guys on the team, welcomed me right away and once the cool kids in school like you, it's easy to get along..
I'd like to help out in any way I can, especially with the younger guys in the minor leagues. But as far as setting something up, we haven't really t….
It's kind of glorious to say, "Oh man, this guy had his career cut short." I'm not calling myself Sandy Koufax by any means. I'm not in that caliber ….
I thought it might be a cool thing [food show] to do when I retired a few years later. Then retirement came slightly prematurely..
There are maybe one or two hours a day when I think I can play, but I get over that real quick once I realize the risk and my wife tells me, "Just ta….
I'm not really in a hurry to ever wear a neck brace. That's why I'm kind of positive about it, because I'm healthy..
I saw [ that I and my father, Cecil end our careers with 319 home runs] after I retired. It was just weird. With all the games we played, neither one….
Once I started getting multiple days off in a row, it was a long year for me. That had never happened, and everybody knew I didn't like it..
It's nice to finally be able to wake up and tie my shoes without feeling like I'm about to tip over, or walk a straight line without feeling dizzy, o….
I play to lift a city, and raise a banner..
I have a food show.It's not just baseball people. It's a mixture of baseball people, actors, musicians, chefs and whatnot. They bring out different d….
We took a family trip to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia over Christmas and New Year's. Three weeks was a long time, but it was cool, man. We were on ….
I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second. If I could even do that in a softball le….
A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm ….
I guess you need days off, but I just didn't want them..
I miss the guys, and I miss playing baseball. Just being able to swing the bat, or run, or dive for a ball, or slide into second..
Honestly, right now, I don't want to be around baseball. Not that I don't like it. But I'm having fun right here, hanging around my family and watchi….