USF Magazine Show - Feb. 17

Baseball USF

Bulls on the Spot: Daniel Rockhold

TAMPA- With the 2011 baseball season fast approaching, GoUSFBulls.com's decided to grill some of the members of the of USF baseball team with some typical and not-so typical baseball questions hoping to find out a little more about the Bulls on and off the diamond.

Our next Bulls on the spot is junior catcher Daniel Rockhold. Check out what Rock had to say.

Nicknames: Rock, La Rocca, Rocco, Donald, Don, James
Favorite Baseball Player: Chase Utley/Buster Posey/Mike
Favorite Athlete in Another Sport: Tom Brady
Favorite Pro sports team: Manchester United
Favorite MLB Team: Rays, Cubs
Favorite Midnight Snack: PB&J
Favorite Song Right Now: Thank Me Now- Drake
Stadium you wants to visit: Fenway Park
Childhood Hero: my brothers
DH or no DH: no DH
Metal Bats or Wood: Wood
Best player I have ever played with: Chris Sale
Favorite Class: English 3 with Mr. Cleveland
Favorite Cartoon when I was growing up: Scooby Doo
One thing that everyone should know about USF baseball is: We have more games within our team than you could ever imagine.
My best friend on the team are: Jimmy Falla & Luis Llerena.
If I could play any other sport at USF, it would be: Soccer
Favorite thing about Tampa: Close to home
Best friend on another college team is: Karl Johnston- Ryder University/ Eric Kroll-West Florida
The best player I've matched up against is: Chris Sale
The song no one would believe I have on my iPod is: Carole King- Tapestry
No one can believe I watch: Star Wars
If I could only eat one meal for the rest of my life, it would be: Chicken or Steak with mashed potatoes and green beans
The weirdest thing I've ever eaten is: I ate an ant once
If I were an animal, I'd be: Lion
What was your first car? My moms Pontiac Grand Am 
Dream Car? Range Rover
The farthest place from home I've been is: Long Beach, Calif.
People might be surprised to know: I enjoy art
Most prized possession: There is this turtle I made my senior year in high school. That's pretty valuable to me.
The most influential person in my life is: My mother
My biggest pet peeve is: people complaining about things they could do something about.
If I could have lunch with three other people, living or dead, they would be: Benjamin Franklin, Achilles, Steve Carell
When I played baseball as a kid, I pretended to be: EVERYONE. My brother and I would play games against each other and go through the line up as different people on whatever team we chose. Mostly the Cubs against Yankees. Sandberg, grace, Sosa vs. Tino, Jeter, Knoblauch
When I was little, I wanted to be a: baseball player. Always.
Favorite thing about Florida: Winter time
Best dressed on the team: Alex Mendez
Worst dancer: Adrian Puig
Biggest comedian: Randy and Barbosa towards Puig
Best baseball moment: Going to Peterson Park with my dad and hitting BP
Best place you've lived? Lakeland, FL Favorite Food? Food in general.
One MLB Player you'd like to face? I'd like a couple at bats off Bob Gibson
Favorite Musician? Michael Buble.
Favorite Actor? Morgan Freeman or Denzel Washington
Facebook or Twitter? Facebook
Green or Gold? Green clothes, gold jewels
Blondes or Brunettes? Brunette
Night or Day games: Night
Odd or even? even
Pitch or Hit? hit
Hot or cold? Cold weather, hot bat.
Black or tan leather gloves? Both
Batting gloves or no batting gloves? Batting gloves
Eye black or Sunglasses? glasses
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Players Mentioned

Jimmy Falla

#39 Jimmy Falla

1B/OF
6' 2"
Sophomore
Luis Llerena

#2 Luis Llerena

INF
5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
Alex Mendez

#9 Alex Mendez

OF
5' 7"
Sophomore
Adrian Puig

#40 Adrian Puig

RHP
6' 0"
Sophomore
Daniel Rockhold

#18 Daniel Rockhold

C
6' 3"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jimmy Falla

#39 Jimmy Falla

6' 2"
Sophomore
1B/OF
Luis Llerena

#2 Luis Llerena

5' 10"
Redshirt Junior
INF
Alex Mendez

#9 Alex Mendez

5' 7"
Sophomore
OF
Adrian Puig

#40 Adrian Puig

6' 0"
Sophomore
RHP
Daniel Rockhold

#18 Daniel Rockhold

6' 3"
Junior
C