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What would a modern two-sport athlete look like today?

For obvious reasons, tonight’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New England Patriots South Tampa Bay Buccaneers has been dominating the sports news cycle. What you might now know, however, is that the two center quarterbacks for each team, Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady, have baseball backgrounds. In addition to being the son of former big leaguer Pat Mahomes, the younger Mahomes was drafted by the Tigers after shining in amateur showcases and playing one season at Texas Tech, and Brady was selected as a high school catcher in the 18th round of the 1995 MLB Draft by the Montreal Expos.