Mike Trout launches a ball during the 2014 season 5 The Youngest and the Best Mike Trout stood at home plate He lifted the bat over his shoulder Derek Jeter was on second base Jeter had always been Trout’s favorite player And now they were teammates in the 2014 All-Star Game When the pitch came Trout hit the ball hard It crashed into the fence in right field Trout sprinted around the bases He slid safely into third And Jeter scored a run on Trout’s hit The youngest and the Best CHAPTER 1
Mike played four seasons at Millville High School In that time he struck out only 17 times 6Mike Trout Jeter was 40 years old He was one of the best players of his time But he was playing his last season Trout was only 22 years old People said he was the future of baseball Mike had always been good for his age When he was eight years old he played against 10-year-olds When he was 10 he played against 12-year-olds By the time he was a freshman at Millville High School in New Jersey he was playing on the varsity team Mike was good at every game he tried On the basketball court he grabbed lots of rebounds And that was when he was not dunking During his freshman year he also played football He was so good that his coaches begged him to keep playing They wanted him to be their quarterback Mike had other plans though He wanted to focus on his favorite sport
Trout left talks to Derek Jeter before the 2014 All-Star Game 7 The Youngest and the Best Since he was little baseball had been the game he liked best Back then he hit Wiffle balls in his backyard Sometimes he could not find any Wiffle balls So he hit rocks instead Mike’s dad Jeff had been a minor league player So no one was shocked that Mike was good at baseball But they were amazed at how good he was During his senior year of
