One of Joe’s favorite places to be was in the dugout watching his dad, Daryl, coach and his older brother, Jared, play. During one particular game in the summer of 2011, when Joe was 9 and Jared was 14, Joe inquisitively watched the pitching coach call the game from a bucket right outside the dugout. Joe plopped himself down on his own bucket next to this coach and studied every pitch, every swing, and every count. Joe did not forget to call out “let’s go kiiiid,” when appropriate. Noticing how attentively Joe was watching him call pitches the coach, almost jokingly, asked Joe if he wanted to call pitches for the next batter. Without hesitation, Joe responded with an enthusiastic “yep!”