Skill Sets

Skill Sets

Russell Wilson played two years of A-ball for the Rockies, averaging .229.  Wilson quarterbacked the Seahawks to a Super Bowl win last month and put in an appearance at the Texas Rangers’ camp yesterday in Surprise, Arizona.  Team officials hope some of Wilson’s football success will rub off on their players.  What would they do if it was the anemic batting average that proved contagious, instead?     

Michael Jordan hit .202 his one season of AA ball while “retired” from the NBA.  Jordan managed more errors in the outfield than Wilson recorded over two seasons playing second base.  As a baseball prospect, Jordan showed himself to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

Here’s my point: Baseball looks a hell of a lot easier than it is.  See above.  If Russell Wilson and Michael Jordan were colossal failures, how much worse could female athletes be?  Put another way, I’d never pick Hoyt Wilhelm in a fight over either Wilson or Jordan, but the man threw a slow ball (technically, a knuckler) for 21 years, all the way into the Hall of Fame.

You mean to tell me someone like my daughter couldn’t do the same?  Just give her the chance.