Tim Anderson played left field and bench during his first brush with high school baseball, which arrived two years tardy thanks to two major injuries he suffered while playing basketball.
In Anderson's first varsity game as a junior at Hillcrest High School in Tuscaloosa, Ala., he didn't step foot in the batter's box.
"The pitcher hit for me," the White Sox's top-rated prospect said last weekend during SoxFest at the Chicago Hilton.
The notion seems almost laughable now, considering Anderson became an all-state second baseman during his senior season and a .