My dad played baseball and my uncle and pretty much everybody, so I was brought up early, at a young age, playing baseball.
"Eric Sidney Sogard" is an infielder for the Oakland Athletics. From Arizona State University, Sogard was selected by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd Round (81st overall) of the 2007 amateur draft.
He was the runner-up in the 2014 MLB Network Face of MLB tournament. He is one of the few baseball players to wear glasses.
More Eric Sogard on Wikipedia.The crowd's gone wild, and I'm like no way did that just happen.
I definitely popped it up. I hit it decent and there was a little breeze there, so I got lucky.
That Super Regional was unbelievable for my confidence and really makes me believe that I can compete at this level. Getting comfortable and being out there are what really helped me out.
I realized we had a lot of openings and a lot of guys left, so that was an opportunity for me to get out there and do what I could.
They kind of see me as the little goofy guy wearing glasses, but they love seeing it. I have tried contacts and I don't know what it is, but I just don't see as well.
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