A catch with your dad? A game on TV? Cracker Jacks at your first game? What are your most vivid memories of sports when you were a kid? I asked several Major Leaguers that question. Listen to hear both specific and general events and experiences they recall that often had an impact on their dreams, destinations and, perhaps, their destiny. Share with others… especially kids, who might wonder how life right now might actually make an impact on what they do strive to do today and “someday…”
BACK STORY:
I spent several days interviewing 18 guys from four teams: the San Diego Padres, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the San Francisco Giants, and the Chicago Cubs. Please share the site with your sports fan friends, young people you’d like to have hear from their “heroes”, or other athletes to show a mantra and mission to “Perpetuate the Positive. BE Part of the Good Sports Story.”
Here are the names of those you will hear from throughout the series:
LOS ANGELES DODGERS
Chad Billingsley
Tony Gwynn, Jr.
Aaron Harrang
Clayton Kershaw
CHICAGO CUBS
Jeff Baker
Bryan LaHair
SAN DIEGO PADRES
Chris Denorfia
Chase Headley
Nick Hundley
Mark Kotsay
Cameron Maybin
Huston Street
Carlos Quentin
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS
Matt Cain
Tim Flannery
Clay Hensley
Pablo Sandoval
Now with other teams since my interviews:
YOMIURI GIANTS, Japan Baseball League
Edgar Gonzalez (former Cub)
CHICAGO WHITE SOX
Orlando Hudson (former Padre)