"If Nyjer Morgan could choose between being a professional baseball player and a pro hockey player, he'd choose hockey in a heartbeat. After all, he grew up playing youth hockey in San Jose, idolizing his hometown Sharks.

Though he did make it as far as the major junior level in Canada, the two-sport star's talents eventually led him to pursue baseball. But the Brewers outfielder got to live a dream Wednesday when he took to the ice to practice with his hometown team.

"Obviously to be out there to skate with my childhood team and just to be out there with the boys was an unbelievable feeling," said a beaming Morgan, whose black sweater featured his familiar No. 2 and the name "Plush" across the back, a nod to his "Tony Plush" alter ego."