Buster Olney

And that interrupted a trajectory that would have put him in the Hall of Fame inner circle with Mays and Aaron and Ruth.

He had more wins above replacement in his first nine full seasons than Derek Jeter did his entire career.

And now, at age 34, he's off to a great start.

A couple things that he changed.

One, he dropped some weight.

He cut out junk food.

He got a nutritionist.

As you know, he already looks like an NFL safety.

That's how big he is.

Uh, but by dropping the weight, he told me that he felt much better, uh, you know, eight to 10 pounds when he runs, he can feel it in his knees.

Uh, they moved him to center field, but the biggest thing I think was the changes perspective.

And he almost began to look at it through the, you know, the prism that we, as parents do where people will say to you, boy, you better enjoy your kids while you have them.

Cause it goes by so fast.

Mike said, it's the same way with my career.

He said, I'm in my 16th year.

And it's gone by so fast.

And so I need to slow it down and enjoy every day.

And that's what he's done so far this year.

He's got an OPS of 1,000.

That home run last night was his 11th.