Growing up in the early 90s,

R.J. Mackenzie's life revolved around baseball.

And in his hometown of Pomona, New York,

it was all about Little League.

Little League was like the thing.

That's what we all looked forward to.

It was just the focal point of the community.

That's where everybody went in the spring.

And you lived and died with whatever team you played on.

For Mackenzie, Little League was pretty chill.

Sometimes he pitched, sometimes he played first base or third base.

Other times, he just goofed off with his friends in the dugout.

And for his parents, it was an affordable and convenient way

to keep him busy. They drop him off at practice with the volunteer coach and pick him up a few hours later.

Baseball became Mackenzie's lifelong passion. He went on to play in college and became a physical education teacher in a suburb outside of New York City.

These days, he's focused on the baseball career of his 13-year-old son, Nick.

Trying to make the major leagues, That's really what I want to do.

And who do you want to play ball for?

The Yankees. It's very obvious.

But Nick's youth baseball experience is very different from his dads.

I would say I probably play seven days a week and seven hours a day.

Yeah, on the weekends for him it could be seven eight hours and then

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