I'm really going to miss all the people in the front office, media relations, marketing, all the great people at the ball park. They were my family for a while, and that part really stings. But life does go on.

He was diagnosed with alopecia areata at age three. Prospect Illinois. He was named to the Sun Belt Conference "All-time baseball team" as part of the Conference's 30th anniversary celebration in January 2006.

Prior to this he served as the Cubs' third base coach and was the former manager of the Iowa Cubs the AAA baseball team for the Chicago Cubs.