Growing up on the gritty streets of Eden Prairie, this kid had to be tough just to survive. Mike found baseball at the age of 13 and it saved him from the gang life that he would surely have lived. If it wasn’t for baseball Mike would either be dead or in prison or both. Luckily Mike discovered that when he worked really hard he developed an overpowering fastball and an elbow surgery. Ok, that last part wasn’t really that lucky.