The quarterback of the Kansas City Chiefsthree times NFL MVP and champion of Super Bowl, Patrick Mahomes, is now considered one of the best in league history. However, things could have changed since he grew up surrounded by baseball and wanted to emulate his father.
Mahomes He recently revealed in a Times interview that his heart was always with baseball. Growing up in the environment of MLBwhile his father played for 11 seasons in the Big leagueshe was attracted to the lifestyle of a professional player.
A-Rod’s ‘horrible’ advice to Pat Mahomes
The legendary and controversial Alex Rodríguez played with Mahomes Sr. on the Texas Rangers during the 2001 season MLBand the former player of the Yankees He told the Times in that same article that perhaps he gave to the future star of the NFL ‘worst advice’ back then when he met him as a child.
A-Rod had just signed the largest contract in sports history at the time with the Texas Rangerswith a huge agreement for 10 years and 252 million dollars, and remembers that he told the young man Pat Mahomes to follow in his father’s footsteps in baseball and stopped playing soccer, saying that “the money was in the MLB.”
Patrick Mahomes has always had the heart of a champion. I remember Pat when he was a kid, coming to practice with his dad to prepare baseballs for me and my teammate. I clearly remember giving him the worst advice he ever had. ‘Don’t play football. The money is in baseball. I’m glad I was wrong and I’m glad you didn’t listen to me! “Patrick has transcended football to become one of the most respected athletes of all time, both on and off the field.”
Alex Rodriguez
Mahomes was a standout athlete in high school, playing football, baseball and basketball simultaneously at Whitehouse High School in Texas.
He committed to Texas Tech University to play football, but at the same time he was a great baseball prospect as the Detroit Tigers selected him in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB Draft, but he did not sign, as he dedicated to soccer.
