076: Player Spotlight: a story about a multi-sport athlete that went on to play in the NFL and the MLB
Moms and Baseball
English - March 11, 2022 05:00 - 9 minutes - 6.85 MB - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsBaseball Sports Kids & Family Parenting baseball moms dads parents sports youth boys kids family ball Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today's "mini" episode is a part of our player spotlight series. Stephanie tells the story of a multi-sport collegiate level athlete that goes on to become a part of the NFL and the MLB at the same time.
This episode was inspired by watching a lot of college baseball recently. Stephanie came across a highlight video of an Ole Miss baseball player that hit a home run 404 feet. His name is Tywone Malone, and he is also a nose tackle on the Ole Miss football team. Multi-sport athletes are pretty popular in youth sports but as you get to high school, coaches are more demanding and can put pressure on an athlete to choose one sport. So in the collegiate arena, a multi-sport athlete is pretty rare. And a multi-sport professional athlete is even more rare. Which brings me to one of my favorite baseball players, Bo Jackson.
Bo Jackson personifies how hard work and determination can help you attain your goals, and dreams. Even in multiple sports.
Hopefully you enjoy Bo's story as much as we do!
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Jackson
http://encyclopediaofalabama.org