FORT MYERS, Fla. -- My ESPN colleague Tim Kurkjian likes to say that baseball players are the best athletes in the world -- or at least the most underrated. I agree. Of course, Tim and I are baseball fans and absolutely biased in this regard, but we are also right. This is not a matter of debate.
This topic came up when I was down at the Boston Red Sox's spring training, and we were discussing Mookie Betts. A couple of days before, MLB had tweeted a highlight video of Betts in action -- not only hitting home runs and robbing home runs but also dunking a basketball, making a slick move on the football field and bowling.