Michael Arensdorff

Before high school I really wanted to play basketball and play in the NBA and all of that stuff. I read more

Before high school I really wanted to play basketball and play in the NBA and all of that stuff. I still miss it. Once I saw that baseball could maybe take me somewhere, I decided to pursue it.

If something goes wrong in an at-bat, you can't worry about the past. I go up there thinking that no read more

If something goes wrong in an at-bat, you can't worry about the past. I go up there thinking that no one can beat me. Just know that the pitcher isn't going to beat you every at-bat. In baseball, you can fail 70 percent of the time and that means you're a great hitter.

My goal freshman year was to be able to travel with the team. I achieved that, and breaking my hand read more

My goal freshman year was to be able to travel with the team. I achieved that, and breaking my hand was sort of a blessing in disguise, because it allowed me to play four full years of baseball.

We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit read more

We had pitching in the first game, but the hitting wasn't there. We got the bats alive a little bit in the second game, but we couldn't keep it going.