Record scratch. Freeze frame. You’re probably wondering how I got into this situation.
It all started when the Seattle Mariners hired Eric Young, Jr. to be their first base coach, and so began the craziest summer of my life.
As soon as EY came to Seattle, me and the boys started running wild. But it wasn’t that the fastest guys were suddenly taking off at every good opportunity. They already do that. It was more that even those of us aren’t the fleetest of foot suddenly had the intel and the confidence to try.