Q&A with Nick DeSanctis

Nick DeSanctis comes to the Dodgers after a
successful season at Connors State College. Nick
will be the Dodgers starting shortstop in 2006,

1. What was the first sport that you played?
Baseball

2. At what age did you start playing baseball and at what level?
3, T-Ball

3. What number do you wear and is there any significance to it?
14, no.

4. Day games or Night games and why?
Day, I have bad eyes

5. What is your favourite meal to prepare?
Anything Italian

6. What is your favourite restaurant to eat at?
Swiss Chalet

7. How do you want to be remembered when you leave the
Dodgers?
Hard-nosed, smart player

8. If you could have dinner with three people, living or deceased,
who would they be?
Babe Ruth, Bobby Orr,

9. What is the best present you have ever received?
All new baseball equipment when I was younger

10. Do you have any phobias?
No

11. What is your favourite television show?
Everybody Loves Raymond

12. If you were stranded on a desert island, what three items
would you have with you?
Smiles Fruit Snacks, Frosted Animal cookies, Pillow

13. If you could trade places with one person, who would it be and
why?
Joe Carter. Who wouldn’t want to hit a walk-off world series home-run?

14. Who was the biggest influence on your life growing up and
why?
Parents

15. Why should fans come out and watch the Oshawa Dodgers?
To come watch good baseball

16. Where do you see yourself in ten years?
Settling down starting a family

17. Who have been the most influential people in your baseball
career?
Father

18. What should younger players in the game do to keep
improving to get to the next level?
Develop their fundamentals, play as much as possible

19. What are your baseball/career goals?
Continue to improve every game

20. Detail three Career Highlights:
Winning the O.B.A championships; Playing in the Provincial Finals at
SkyDome; Representing Canada at the AABC World Series in Texas

21. How do you spend your time when you are not playing
baseball?
Resting

22. What other sports did you play growing up or that you still
play?
None

23. Why did you want to become a Dodger?
To play baseball at a higher level

24. If you could face any player in baseball history, who would it be
and why?
Roger Clemens, because he's right handed and throws hard

25. What are your pet peeves?
Loud, annoying people

26. Do you have any bad habits?
No

27. Do you have any superstitions?
No

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