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Donovan Mitchell: two-sport athlete

Dunks or Dingers? Donovan Mitchell came pretty close to having both of these in his sports repertoire yesterday afternoon. In a day spent with the New York Mets, Mitchell’s hometown and favorite MLB baseball team, Mitchell swung for the fences in BP prior to the Mets’ game. He came close to hitting one of the of park, which is pretty crazy.

Most Jazz fans know by now that Donovan Mitchell has pretty strong ties to the game of baseball. If you didn’t already know, here’s a quick back story.

Mitchell grew up a multi-sport athlete, with most of his focus actually being towards the game of baseball.