Growing up, Curtis Granderson wasn’t the baseball player everyone was talking about. 'I was never 'that guy,'' he says. But he made it to the Majors –– and he's stuck around for 16 seasons. (OnlyAGameNPR)
Curtis Granderson has put together an impressive resume in his 16 seasons in Major League Baseball. He started his career with the Detroit Tigers, and played on seven teams and in two World Series.A 'Grand' Debut
Granderson remembers that the teams in his tee-ball league were all named after NHL franchises. His was the Sabres. "But, even though that was happening, the Cubs were on every day after school. The White Sox were there. It was always Little League Day, Kid Day, Teacher Day, something Day. So I went to a lot of White Sox games — very affordable. That was cool. And I wanted to be like those guys. You know, Bo Jackson played for the White Sox. Harold Baines. Ozzie Guillen. Robin Ventura. Frank Thomas. All guys that were some really good guys to watch and want to be like. Some Hall of Famers in there.
"There was times I just remember hearing about 'This kid was the top kid,'"Granderson says."He was selected for the All-Star team first. Everybody wanted to see what that kid would do in high school. So I was always playing catch up. The fact that I was never 'that guy' gave me room and somebody to look for and hunt down.""Our teams were very good in high school. We had a lot of fun.
"You know, him and I are chatting," Granderson says."We had free nights and weekends back then. We just chatted about non-baseball stuff, stuff that we would back home. And we're just talking."
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