(S4) - PT #2 - Dual Sport Stars

[manicmav36]

Owen Taylor was a two-sport kid most of his life. In the summer he would play baseball, in the fall he would play soccer, and in the spring, he would play both baseball and soccer. He did TRY playing basketball a couple winters, but he was terrible. Like… really bad. We don’t talk about it.

He started baseball at the age of 5, when most of his friends started, and continued playing up until high school. He was always a pretty quick kid, so started his career playing in the outfield, but eventually moved to catcher, mainly because no one else wanted to. He loved it. He got to wear all kinds of sweet pads and always got really dirty. Never really much of a power hitter, Taylor excelled in hitting to the outfield gaps and was an extra-base king. Unfortunately, when tryouts for baseball rolled around his freshman year of high school, Taylor was still recovering from a football injury, and was unable to throw at tryouts. Being unable to throw (or do really anything), he was promptly cut.

Determined to play at least two sports in high-school, Taylor tried out for the soccer team. Although he was still a little limited, Taylor made the team as a mid-fielder. Once fully healed, he was moved to goalie of the JV team, where he excelled. He was named the started his sophomore year, and finished his soccer career as the all-time leader in both saves in a season, and career.