By now, I was supposed to be doing play-by-play for the Giants. I feel very fortunate. I have a fun job, I have fun hobbies. I even have a great wife and kids who talk to me.

I feel like I'm supposed to be here.

I wrote sports for the Sagebrush and even did some play-by-play for KNEV 95.5 FM, which was the first FM station to do games for Nevada.

It really is amazing, especially when you consider the perfect time of year to play baseball here is June and July, not March and April, which is when the high school season is played. Our kids play under difficult circumstances sometimes. They have to be tough to play a doubleheader when it's 25 degrees outside. It's either get tough or get in the dugout. But I really believe that helps them when they get to the next level.

The Giants were supposed to have a new motto, 'Shut up and deal.'

We had just worked on that play the other day in practice. I?m supposed to stay in the rundown as long as possible. Luckily, Jeff scored and made me look good.