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08-29-2003, 09:18 AM
Just imagine how many jerseys they'll sell.
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Is Phil sure he wasn't thinking of T-ball?
Golf pro Mickelson gets tryout with Mud Hens
August 29, 2003
BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
By the end of the day, the Tigers might sign one of the biggest stars in the world. But first, they must find out if he can pitch.
Phil Mickelson, the world's 10th-ranked golfer, will try out for the Toledo Mud Hens this afternoon. If Mud Hens manager Larry Parrish and pitching coach Jeff Jones are impressed (at least a little), Mickelson could pitch for the Mud Hens in a one-game stint this weekend.
The golfer has no illusions about becoming a major leaguer, or even a Tiger. This is a one-time shot.
Mickelson, known as "Lefty," is really a natural righty. He swings a golf club left-handed because he learned to play by mirroring his father's swing as a child.
Mickelson, 33, never pitched in college, or even high school. But he warms up before every round by throwing a baseball, and he threw batting practice Aug. 21 before an Akron Aeros game.
Mickelson, an avid gambler, offered $300 to any Aero who could hit a home run off him.
Nobody did.
"They were swinging, they just couldn't hit it out," Aeros manager Brad Komminsk told the Akron Beacon Journal. "He mixed it up. He threw all kinds of pitches -- fastball, curveball, a little cutter, he had a split. And he wasn't telling them what was coming, on top of that."
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Is Phil sure he wasn't thinking of T-ball?
Golf pro Mickelson gets tryout with Mud Hens
August 29, 2003
BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG
FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER
By the end of the day, the Tigers might sign one of the biggest stars in the world. But first, they must find out if he can pitch.
Phil Mickelson, the world's 10th-ranked golfer, will try out for the Toledo Mud Hens this afternoon. If Mud Hens manager Larry Parrish and pitching coach Jeff Jones are impressed (at least a little), Mickelson could pitch for the Mud Hens in a one-game stint this weekend.
The golfer has no illusions about becoming a major leaguer, or even a Tiger. This is a one-time shot.
Mickelson, known as "Lefty," is really a natural righty. He swings a golf club left-handed because he learned to play by mirroring his father's swing as a child.
Mickelson, 33, never pitched in college, or even high school. But he warms up before every round by throwing a baseball, and he threw batting practice Aug. 21 before an Akron Aeros game.
Mickelson, an avid gambler, offered $300 to any Aero who could hit a home run off him.
Nobody did.
"They were swinging, they just couldn't hit it out," Aeros manager Brad Komminsk told the Akron Beacon Journal. "He mixed it up. He threw all kinds of pitches -- fastball, curveball, a little cutter, he had a split. And he wasn't telling them what was coming, on top of that."