Beyond Belief (2008)
“It started when I was little, back when the president of the Tar Heel League showed up to watch me shag baseballs in the outfield of my brother’s practice. I never sought out attention, but my ability brought it to me naturally. In a lot of ways, my parents and I had prepared for a time when the attention would turn from parents and teammates to scouts and college coaches, so when I entered my senior year at Athens Drive High, I had a pretty good idea of what to expect.Or at least I thought I d...id, until it became a reality, and then I realized there was no way to prepare adequately for this amount of attention.Baseball America magazine and every other publication that cared about amateur baseball rated me as one of the top five high school players in the country. I pitched, played the outfield, and sometimes played first base if I needed to either rest my arm after pitching or save it for an upcoming game. The only real issue for major-league teams was whether to draft me as a pitcher or an outfielder.My preference was to be an outfielder, so I could play every day and do what I loved best — hit.MoreLess
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