Embracing Baseball Ditching The Pool
Michael harbors a chilling belief: water is out to get him. Recalling a harrowing experience to Playboy, he shared how a playful swim with a friend turned perilous, nearly dragging him under with the merciless current. At seven, it was his first brush with aquatic danger, but not his last.
By eleven, he narrowly escaped drowning at a baseball camp pool, and in college, his girlfriend tragically succumbed to the water’s depths. Today, Michael steers clear of aquatic environments, “I can’t swim, and I won’t even get close to the water,” he asserts, a man marked by the traumas of his past..