[DoughtyOne]

He was an elite defenseman, and according to the Associated Press, Doerr credited his skills to a childhood spent bouncing a rubber ball on the steps outside his house in Los Angeles.

Did the same thing in Missouri as a kid. Lived on a farm with no one around to practice with. I had several methods of playing make believe games.

Baseball has been wired into my soul since before I attended school (at 32). LOL

[Red Steel]

Doerr was on some of the most talented laden Red Sox teams. Pitch Mel Parnell and then pray for rain.