Getting To Know Your Sounds: Brad Nelson
Date Posted: 8/17/2008

Throughout the 2008 season, NashvilleSounds.com will feature Q&A interviews with Sounds players so fans can get a closer look at some of their favorite hometown heroes.


Brad Nelson

Position: First base, outfield, or third base

Hometown: Algona, IA


Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii? Old school Nintendo

Guitar Hero or Halo? RBI Baseball, Techmo Bowl, or Contra

Basketball or Football? Play basketball, watch football

Bull Durham or Field of Dreams? The Natural. My favorite parts are when he breaks the lights and hits the cover off the ball.

SUV or Luxury Car? Truck

Lebron James or Kobe Bryant? I like old school NBA better. Jordan or Bird.

Home Run or Diving Catch? Home run

March Madness or Super Bowl? Iowa Hawkeye Football

Rap or Rock? Country

Bachelorhood or Marriage? Engaged. My wedding is in November.

Who was your favorite athlete growing up? Bo Jackson

What is your most memorable moment as a baseball player? Getting drafted. I’m still working for my first day in the big leagues.

A baseball player should always… play hard because you never know who’s watching.

A baseball player should never… stop believing in himself.

My favorite ballpark food is… anything and everything.

If I could be anyone else in the world for one day, it would be… Bill Gates, and the first thing I would do is transfer money into Brad Nelson’s bank account.

Not many people know this about me, but I… try to help out on my family’s farm in the offseason.

My favorite non-baseball hobby is… watching movies and hanging out with family and friends.

If I wasn’t playing baseball, I would be… going to college.

More than anything else in the world, I want… to always enjoy life.