Tracy McGrady is training to be a pitcher and wants to try out for the Skeeters...

I laughed..

 

Yes, in his last interview he stated that he lives in Houston

 

why is this even in the GARM?

tmac will forever haunt this section.

 

Awesome. Whatever faults TMac may have had, I can't help but appreciate his love for sports, whether playing in China for a season with a mediocre team, or swallowing his pride to ride the bench of an NBA team, and now this. You might say he does these things just to get another paycheck, but I think he does it because the man truly loves playing.

 

where is the ****ing tinman ?

 

i wouldn't be surprised if he led them to a 22 game win stream too.

 

Probably same reason you were lol

 

this is the perfect game for him,.. soft.. ball

 

Skeeters?

 

replace the SK with a Q

 

KPRC reported it last night around 10:30pm. I'm not sure if that was before or after JVG's mention.

 

Well... if someone homers off him, at least he knows it's "on him".

 

Sorry you're not getting any credit from the media bmd

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/2...hope-to-play-professional-baseball-is-no-joke

HOUSTON (FOX 26) - Former NBA star TracY McGrady is working with Arizona Diamondbacks pro scout Scipio Spinks in an attempt to play professional baseball as a pitcher.

According to Spinks McGrady's initial goal is to sign with the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League for the upcoming season.

Spinks said he has been working with McGrady three times a week for the past three months.

"When Tracy came out I was already to tell him, 'Tracy I don't want you to get embarrassed going out here doing that,'" Spinks said in an interview with FOX 26 Sports.

"Once he got on the mound and started throwing, I looked at Deacon Jones (special assistant to the Skeeters president), Deacon looked at me, and (I said) there's something there."

After Spinks began working with McGrady he became convinced the seven-time NBA All-Star could play professional baseball.

"If the season starts tomorrow Tracy McGrady will be able to pitch on that Skeeters team," Spinks said.

Spinks and McGrady have been working at Constellation Field, the home park of the Sugar Land Skeeters.

"He's not throwing as hard as everybody said," Spinks said. "I don't know where that came from.

"(McGrady is throwing) between 85 and 86 miles per hour and that's without adrenalin, that's without hitters at the plate and the longer he throws, the looser he'll get and the harder he'll throw.

"I can see him throwing in the 90s, but he's nowhere in the 90s now, not even close."

Spinks said McGrady is easy to coach.

"I showed him how to throw a slider," Spinks said. "It took him five minutes to learn it. He has good break on it. It's a true slider.

"Because he's such a great scorer in basketball, his focus is so good when he throws the baseball. He hits both sides of the plate with no problem."

Spinks said McGrady has great passion for the game of baseball.

McGrady told Spinks: "'Baseball has been my love. I've always wanted to play this game.'

"His goal is to go out there and pitch and not just to go out there and pitch, but he wants to pitch competitively, and hopefully he might get picked up on a Major League club," Spinks said.

"I don't know if he'll make it to the Big Leagues, but I feel that he'll play affiliated baseball."

Spinks said McGrady is very serious about his attempt to play professional baseball.

"Come out there and stand up to the plate while he's throwing the ball and see if that's a carnival act," Spinks said. "This is not a joke.

"This is not a show."

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ESPN first reported about McGrady's effort to play professional baseball.​

 

Puff (Nuno) should pick up the story and finish by saying it was first reported on Clutchfans.

 

85-86 ain't bad for a guy just picking up pitching again, no? If he has any kind of control can't he at least not get killed at a lower level competition?

 

Pretty good.