Growing up, Little League and NCAA baseball played big roles in my life. I spent more hours of my life than I can even estimate baking in rickety southeast Louisiana dugouts, manning the 2nd base and shortstop positions and inhaling hot dogs and nachos at park concession stands. It was my real introduction to youth sports, team sports more and solidified my lifelong love affair with sports in general.
As some one who’s 5’5, with eyesight that started to deteriorate early (fortunately it never got too bad but I still can’t make out a face more than 5 feet in front of me), I knew that a career on the baseball diamond wasn’t likely to be in the cards for me.