 Whiteside was born on October 22 , 1979 , in New Albany , Mississippi . He was raised on an 80 @-@ acre farm that belonged to his grandfather . Whiteside attended W. P. Daniel High School , where he played both baseball and soccer before graduation in 1998 . He then spent three years at Delta State University , majoring in business . At Delta State , he was an All @-@ American , an All @-@ Gulf South Conference , and an All @-@ Region player all three years with the baseball team . After his junior year in 2001 , the Baltimore Orioles drafted Whiteside in the sixth round of the Major League Baseball ( MLB ) Draft . 
