Sept. 21, 2000

Ex-Villanova baseball star and current Team USA baseball player Mike Neill will chat with CNNSI.com users on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 8:00 p.m. EDT.

Neill plays for the Seattle Mariners' class AAA club, the Tacoma Rainiers. Originally drafted by Oakland in 1991, he made is MLB debut in 1998 with the Athletics.

In Team USA's Olympics opener on Sunday, Neill's two-run homer in the 13th inning gave the United States a 4-2 victory over Japan in what was the longest game in Olympic baseball history. The leftfielder's solo home run on Monday against South Africa capped USA's 11-1 win.