Patrick Mahomes long ago gave up a chance at a professional baseball career when he opted instead for football and quarterbacking, first in college at Texas Tech and since then with the Kansas City Chiefs.
But being away from baseball didn't dim his love for the sport, which was played at the major-league level for 11 seasons by his father Pat, a pitcher.
Mahomes looked for ways to get involved in baseball other than as a player. He found it last month when he bought into the ownership group of the Kansas City Royals.