Old North Banter
Fansided

Russell Wilson Should Stick to Football

By John Woodcock

facebooktwitterreddit

Russell Wilson hasn’t given up on baseball.

More from North Carolina State Wolfpack

According to Will Brinson of CBS Sports, a yet unaired interview between Bryant Gumbel and Wilson explores that and other topics. I guess the best question to ask Wilson is why?

Why is Wilson still toying with the idea of playing professional baseball?

Live Feed

NFL Week 15 Upset Picks (Broncos Over Lions, Surprising NFC Team in Top Predictions)
NFL Week 15 Upset Picks (Broncos Over Lions, Surprising NFC Team in Top Predictions) /

Betsided

  • Broncos move up 5 spots in NFL.com Power Rankings ahead of Week 15Predominantly Orange
  • Pros and cons of Broncos moving on from Russell Wilson in 2024Predominantly Orange
  • Denver Broncos missing the playoffs would be a travesty for the NFLPredominantly Orange
  • Denver Broncos are becoming a team that opponents fearPredominantly Orange
  • The only way Russell Wilson is back with the Broncos in 2024Predominantly Orange

    • The history of two sports stars is not littered with success. There were teams, including the Atlanta Braves, who tried to make Deion Sanders into a center fielder. Sure he was fast, but he never really had the other tools to give him a lengthy MLB career.

    Where Sanders really shined was as an all-world cornerback. Sanders even played kingmaker with the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys in consecutive seasons in 1994 and 1995. His adventure with baseball will not really add to his legacy, particularly not as an NFL broadcaster.
    Deion Sanders’ career baseball stats = .263 BA over nine seasons. His high mark has to be leading the league in triples in 1994.

    More from Old North Banter

    The one player who is universally believed to be the best at playing two sports is Bo Jackson. Yet Jackson lost his football career through a freak injury that also hampered his baseball numbers.

    There are other stories of players who at one time did one thing or the other. John Elway threatened to play minor league ball to avoid the Baltimore Colts franchise. Chris Weinke and Brandon Weedon were once minor leaguers before they became productive college quarterbacks.

    Live Feed

    Offensive consistency key for Dansby Swanson in upcoming 2024 season
    Offensive consistency key for Dansby Swanson in upcoming 2024 season /

    Cubbies Crib

  • 3 Red Sox Still on Thin Ice After Surviving Winter MeetingsChowder and Champions
  • Analyzing Shota Imanaga and how he would fit with the Blue JaysJays Journal
  • Guessing random Atlanta Braves players from the past: TMNTHouse That Hank Built
  • How Dodgers fans connected dots on Rays megatrade for Randy ArozarenaFanSided
  • MLB Rumors: 3 Cubs backup plans if Tyler Glasnow trade is off the boardFanSided

    • But let’s not focus on others, let’s focus on Wilson. Wilson’s love affair with baseball is real. He played college baseball at State, and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies. That was the summer that Wilson ended up transferring to Wisconsin after Coach Tom O’Brien told him that we was not going to wait for him or hold the starter spot for him (one of those).

    The trick is that Wilson was not very good in the Rockies farm system. He hit .230 in parts of two seasons of minor league ball. If he had played well, there is a chance he would never have returned to college football. That did not happen.

    Live Feed

    Dolphins' huge loss and Chiefs' defeat add to the AFC playoff race excitement
    Dolphins' huge loss and Chiefs' defeat add to the AFC playoff race excitement /

    BuffaLowDown

  • NFL playoffs: Breaking down the massive six-way Wild Card tie in the AFCNFL Spin Zone
  • Patriots News: DeAndre Hopkins, Mac Jones, Jerod Mayo and Taylor SwiftMusket Fire
  • Las Vegas Raiders vs Los Angeles Chargers: Early Week 15 odds and predictionJust Blog Baby
  • Dream NY Jets first-round pick officially declares for 2024 NFL DraftThe Jet Press
  • Commanders vs. Rams prediction, odds, spread, injuries, trends for NFL Week 15Ramblin' Fan

    • Wilson’s baseball dreams have been reawakened lately by consecutive invitations to Texas Rangers Spring Training. I don’t have any problems with Wilson attending spring training. He is a great locker room guy and it is good PR for the Rangers. I just doubt that it leads to anything.

    Wilson really should continue his hone his real craft, football. He has played in two Super Bowls, winning one. If it was to be baseball, wouldn’t Wilson be wearing a Colorado Rockies jersey by now?

    Home/North Carolina State Wolfpack