I play chess. I work as a mall cop. I have fast internet service. I have never seen the movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
I play baseball. Baseball keeps me busy. I am talented at playing baseball. I am 19 years old. I play shortstop. I have never played chess.
How long have you played baseball? I've played baseball since I was 4 years old. My parents started me in t-ball and I've loved it ever since.  That is wonderful. I am sure they are so proud of the skills you've developed. I was thinking that some of the strategizing you do in baseball might transfer over if you ever decide to try to play a game of chess. Oh that's an interesting idea. I was never that into chess, but I just watched the Queen's Gambit on Netflix and now I'm interested. When did you start playing chess? I picked it up as a teenager. There was a cute girl that was into chess at my school and I was trying to get to know her better. I just stuck with me since. It is a nice way to stretch my brain after work. Ahhh always a great reason to start an activity! It does seem like a game that would help keep my brain sharp. As shortstop I do have to think on my feet a lot, but I think chess would be even more of a strategic challenge.  It is. Plus you have control over all the pieces instead of just yourself. Do you think you will try for a pro league? I definitely hope to! It's a competitive sport, but I've worked my whole life to go pro and it would be a dream come true. I'm playing on my college team right now and have talked to a few pro recruiters. I think I'm going to go to a few open practices this summer. Ideally I'd like to finish college first, but definitely want to get on their radar now.  That is great. I didn't know you were finishing your degree. Sounds like you have a lot of options open. What is your degree in? Yeah, I want to keep my options open in case I get injured or something. My degree is in sports management. My coach suggested it as a way to stay in sports. How have things been at the mall? Still weird mix. Sometimes lots of people but others not. Sometimes I want to just ask people who raised them. But, it's a job. I understand that. It's amazing how some people seem to lack common decency. I'm sure you get a lot of crazy teenagers too. I'll admit I wasn't the best behaved when I'd go to the mall in high school. 