Kammala wannan jumla: Eden yana da bambanci na kasancewa kawai babban dan wasan da aka haife shi a Fort Clayton, tsohon sansanin soja na Amurka a gefen Pacific na Amurka
Ƙofar Panama. Ya halarci Jami'ar Kudancin Illinois, kuma a matsayin memba na SIU Salukis, an zaba shi a matsayin dan wasa na uku zuwa Kungiyar Koli na 1971 College World Series. A cikin 1970 da 1971, ya buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na bazara tare da Orleans Cardinals na Cape Cod Baseball League, kuma ya lashe taken buga wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a 1970.