it's about 20 miles from the batting cage at wrigley field to the sprawling campus of glenn brook north high school but will you find jason kipnis on both. his picture hangs on the back stop. this was his field, these are his people. >> i remember the kid that had a hot temper growing up, even in high school when we were playing in northbrook. he was passionate. >> we had a running joke with his dad. he would be throwing dad would give me a check to cover the cost. >> reporter: the passion of a football player, which jason was a good one. still holds a ton of receiving records. >> he was just a competitor. he didn't think he was helping the team unless we were giving him the ball. >> reporter: but it was baseball that called jason. coach rupert watched him become a man full of prayed and determine nation. good times, great friends, watching all this from here. it's so hard to describe that he is actually living his dream. and as a friend, as a brother, it's cool. it sounds so simple, but it's really cool. >> they've helped me turn into the player i am today. lot of these guys. >> report