I stepped into the batter box at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa as a player with the Triple-A Iowa Cubs. I knew the guy on the mound from his name. Gregg Olson. Former legendary closer for the Baltimore Orioles who was making a late career effort to regain his form in Triple-A. I was just another minor league nameless bat trying to stop him from a successful comeback. To me, however, if I could notch another hit off of a pitcher who had been in the big leagues, I could add to my belief that I belonged in the major leagues.