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 Mike Cameron  Where do you live? Kirkland, which I chose over Issaquah. Sandra Moses, Johnny's wife, works in real estate and helped me a lot finding a place when I came up here. Fave raves: Reading -- I like to read The Bible, but my favorite reading is mysteries. Movie -- Any comedy. I love them. Food -- Anything home style -- fried chicken, black-eyed peas, macaroni and cheese. Web site -- Anything on sports, any sport. Place -- Anyplace I can take my kids Ñ museums, even parks. First car: A 1982 Toyota Celica when I was 16. Had it three years. First sports heroes: Eric Davis. They used to call him Magnum 44. I still have his poster I got when I was young; he's why I wear No. 44. Also: Rickey Henderson. I used to pretend I was him in kid ball and they couldn't get me out. I told him if he didn't give me a jersey, I'd steal one. Your first break came from: Rod Fridley, the White Sox area scout who scouted me before I was drafted. He told me a lot of things that prepared me for the draft and made me a better player. If you didn't play baseball, what would you do? I'd be lost. Really. But if you ask me what I considered as a kid, I'd say architect. I loved to draw. I wasn't good at it, but I had a lot of imagination. Best part of baseball: The chance to be a hero, especially in big games, with a big catch or a big hit, to make the fans go, "Whoo!!" Toughest part of baseball: The struggles. I hate to go through adversity, although as I've gotten more experience I deal with it better. First impression of Seattle: Surprise, that that's where I was traded to. I've grown to love it. If I had relatives here, I'd live here all the time. On the road...: Before games, my clock is usually messed up after we fly, so I sleep a lot the first day in a town. Other days I take a walk and get some air. After games I watch ESPN and see how my boys have done. I go over our game to see where I helped or hurt the team, and if I hurt then I visualize how to correct it. Interview by Bob Finnigan, The Seattle Times
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