April 11, 2008

NIUHuskies.com gets to know Adam Holdenrid in the third of eight weekly profiles on the 2008 Huskie baseball seniors.

Favorite Mathey-ism ... Watching him walk out to the mound to the beat of the Knight Rider theme song.

Baseball heroes growing up ... Ken Griffey, Jr., Frank Thomas and Roger Clemens.

My baseball superstition ... I always wear two pairs of baseball socks during a game.

Favorite baseball movie ... Rookie of the Year.

Best baseball prank ... Hot foot or the upside-down baseball player.

Most famous player played with or against ... Joba Chamberlain (New York Yankees) and Alex Gordon (Kansas City Royals) when they played for Nebraska.

If I was not playing baseball, I'd be playing ... Flag Football.

Favorite class at NIU ... Bowling II.

If I could have dinner with three people in history (living or dead) they would be ... Michael Jordan, Steve Bartman and Will Ferrell.

My parents were right when they told me ... Some day you will miss my meatloaf.

If a movie were made of my life, the actor that would play me is ... John Goodman.