“I’m the opposite of moderate,
Immaculately polished with,
The spirit of a hustler,
And the swagger of a college kid.”
– Clifford “T.I.” Harris
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Forget about the awards for a minute. Forget about The Ferriss Trophy, the first-team All-SEC, the freshman All-SEC and the overall conference Freshman of the Year award. Ignore, until a bit later at least, that he leads the SEC in batting average, that he’s one of the country’s deadliest runners on the basepath and that he could even take the mound for an inning or three if he really wanted.