We haven't had a lot of success in basketball and baseball.

We call it the Northwest curse.

Some guests here for the Seahawks game Saturday were talking about it. How did the Trail Blazers walk out of the '90s without a championship?

We all played on the same Optimist (Baseball) team together, and I think we played on the same basketball team. Pretty much, we've played just about every sport together.

Denis' dad and Roberto Clemente were first cousins. Baseball is still our more popular sport in Puerto Rico, but basketball is really catching on.

I have a whole museum almost. Baseball and basketball take up the bulk of it, and there's some football and a little bit of hockey.