The respectful, baseball-mad kid whose Dad thanked Glenn Williams with a bottle of wine for his coaching help a decade ago is about to make Australian sporting history.
There is no doubt Travis Bazzana will become the first player from this country to be recruited in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft.
But the big-hitting infielder at Oregon State University could be taken as high as No.1 when the draft is held next Monday morning (AEST).