I can’t say I’ve had one sports role model in my life. IF I had to boil it down to one though I would pick David Eckstein. I used to watch him when he played for the Angels in the early 2000s. He was someone who I saw as a very stand up kind of guy. He was a member of the NHS and other organizations that really showed what kind of guy he was. He wasn’t the biggest or the strongest player but He always played with drive. He even was the Inaugural winner of the 2005 MLB Heart and Hustle Award and a Babe Ruth Award winner. I thought that it was awesome how much effort he put into a sport that he has to play 162+ days a year, that was CRAZY. When I was younger I had a hard time putting that kind of motivation into anything, heck even now. But his effort still is something I’ve always strived to achieve. I know there are a lot of people like him and sports, and sure I’m sure most athletes try amazingly hard every day, but I didn’t grow up watching them and for that reason David Eckstein will always have a special place in my heart. Also he was a high contact guy who didn’t strike out, which I thought was amazing and that’s still my favorite kind of baseball.
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