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.

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.

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.