My first memory of  playing sports was a game of t-ball when i was 6. I remember playing t-ball at a recreational league in my hometown city. Since I was only 6 years old, I only remember a few things about my first time playing baseball in a somewhat organized game. First of all, I remember that everyone pretty much sucked. At this age, people were still learning to run, so you could only imagine 6 year olds playing an organized t-ball game.
 The one thing that I remember doing in this game was trying to swing like Mark McWire. Now, you have to remember that this was smack dab in the middle of the steroid era in baseball. McWire was hitting 70 home runs in a season and was a total bad ass. After every home run, this guy would throw his bat. As a normal 6 year old watching TV, I tried to emulate him in the actual game.
 Every at bat, I would simultaneously swing and let go of the bat on the backswing. Unlike Mark McWire, there were always baseball moms right behind me. So, I eventually had to change my swing because I would hit people with my flying bat on accident. I remember that I never hit a home run in t-ball. In fact, I did not hit a single home run until my Junior year in high school, when I hit 4. T-ball was fun, but playing baseball became more fun as I got older.