I-5 wrote:Being a poor hitter didn't stop Jordan from giving baseball a shot. I'm not saying Wilson is going to give up football to play pro baseball, but I absolutely think he would love to play both sports if he could. That's the athlete mentality. Having said that, I think winning another SB is at the top of his list.
Great example. With his baseball background, Michael Jordan wouldn't have been given a shot at baseball if his name was Joe Jones. Same goes for Russell. Jordan also wanted to play on the PGA tour.
There's only been a couple of players in my memory that had viable dual major league sports careers in the past 40 years or so: Danny Ainge, Bo Jackson, and Dion Sanders. John Elway used a possible baseball career as a bargaining chip when he first came out of college. Prior to that, it used to be a little more common, but not a lot.