So when I got older  and I played my first year of organized baseball when I was 5. To be honest I was only 5 and didn't know if baseball was really my calling. I didn't know that I really wanted to play baseball for a living until I learned how much that made. And at 13 years old when I figured that out, that's was when it was serious. And at 13 that was my first summer playing select ball with the RBI Reds. 

As a kid though I always had time keeping my weight down, and I still kinda do, all I knew is that I wanted to play baseball. But after my brother got drafted in 2013, we had a long talk about me taking whatever I wanted to do seriously and working hard at your craft trying to perfect it. He told me to think back on what he did to get him to this point, getting recruited by the top schools (LSU, OSU, and Michigan), going to LSU to play football and baseball and shining, getting drafted and winning the super bowl as a rookie. He told me all that took hard work and dedication, can't just slack off one day or two and think it's ok, you have to grind everyday weather it's on the field or in the classroom because both of them individually can get you somewhere so why cheat yourself. And I don't know why it's taking me this long, 3 years, to realize that I really need to start taking everything even more serious, loosing weight, getting good grades, working on my game, and eating right. 

Really me and school haven't been getting along very well considering grades, as it is for a lot of kids, but for me it's more critical because my dream, baseball, depends on my grades. No grades no scouts, no scouts no baseball, no baseball no money, no money no happiness. I'm just trying to all the things that I can this upcoming school year (2016-2017) to get better before it's too late. So hopefully I can get it together and be ready to succeed after high school.