Cutter Dykstra, merely one inch taller than his 5-foot-10 father, carries the same speedy, hard-nosed hyperactivity to the game. (And the recognizable Dykstra, well, posterior.)

"I love having that name on my jersey," said Cutter, a .444 hitter this spring for the Westlake High Warriors. "I want people to come to watch me play — put pressure on the other team, steal bases and crash into walls. I want people to say, 'Wow, he plays the game just like his dad did.' "