Pardon My Take/Apple Podcast
Tim Tebow would NOT be the best ex-NFL star in MLB if Russell Wilson changed sports … so says the Seahawks QB himself, who explained Wednesday he thinks he’s a better baseball player than Tim!!
“I always feel like baseball was actually my best sport,” Russ said.
The 32-year-old Seattle star made the bold claim on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take” podcast this week … saying he could have been a LEGIT MLBer if he had focused on that instead of football.
“Baseball was actually my love,” Russ said. “I played that since I was young. That was probably the sport — was probably one of my best sports.”
So, when it comes down to Wilson vs. Tebow on the diamond … Russ said he hasn’t actually seen Tim play with the Mets — but he’s just that confident in his abilities.
“I’ma go with me,” Russ said. “I’ma go with me. I can turn a mean double-play, Tim.”
FYI — Russ was a legit baseball STAR back in high school … he was a projected top-10 round pick in the 2007 MLB draft who fell to the 41st round because he had told teams he was going to forego a baseball career for college.
Russ — a middle infielder — kept playing at N.C. State … and actually got drafted AGAIN in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB draft.
Russ dabbled in the sport, playing in some minor league games for various MLB teams’ affiliates … but, obviously, football took precedent.
Wilson has done some celeb MLB appearances since … remember, he famously got in a spring training game for the Yankees back in 2018 — but he struck out in his lone plate appearance.
“I guess God had different plans for me,” Russ said of his sports career. “Now I get to spin the rock and throw deep go balls to our guy DK Metcalf.”
Not the worst alternative, right?