Editor's Note: One thing I want to do on here is share some of my history in the game. Excited to share some articles and news that highlight some of my accomplishments throughout the years.
For the majority of kids who grow up dreaming of being baseball players, those aspirations rarely transpire. Many will hope, but few will make it. When those dreams do come true, they inspire us all!
From the article:
Sat for part of yesterday in a booth at Eat'n Park with Nate Buttenfield, who is 30 years old this summer and thus a typical American adult male except that he's 6 feet 7 and kind of suddenly throws 94 mph with his right arm, and who admits to no acquaintance whatsoever with our little mental onion.
"I never really said I'd give it up," he said during a 10-day stretch in his life that's playing out like Dennis Quaid's role in "The Rookie," the 2002 feel-gooder about last-shot pitcher Jim Morris making it to the majors at 35. "I've always stayed with it, struggling to get noticed, trying to perform when it counts."