Just go and talk to him.

This is what I had to tell myself a few times in the dugout of a big league spring training game this past year in March. I was nervous like I was asking my first date to prom. I was nervous about approaching a 10-year big leaguer and introducing myself because we used to hit at the same facility. I was nervous because this big leaguer was Dustin Ackley, the same Dustin Ackley I have watched and admired for years. It ended up great--we had a long conversation that day that ventured everywhere from where we grew up to talks of hitting mechanics and approach.