DETROIT -- Anthony Zettel picked up a baseball for the first time in eight or nine years earlier this week. He stepped in front of a radar gun, let the ball loose and did something somewhat astonishing.
The Detroit Lions defensive lineman, who has tackled dead trees, danced to "Thriller" on video and trained in mixed martial arts, added another feat of sporting excellence to his video library. He threw a baseball 94 miles per hour.
The second-year player performed the feat while at a Detroit-area batting cage as he took in a practice session before Saturday’s Sam Martin-Haloti Ngata charity softball game.