Patrick Mahomes has a wild superstition that he's practiced before every NFL game he's played
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the son of a former MLB pitcher, so it shouldn't be a surprise that he's brought some baseball superstitions with him to the NFL. Mahomes' father, Pat Mahomes, played in the big leagues from 1992-1997 and 1999-2003. During that time, Patrick was often around his dad's teams. In […]
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the son of a former MLB pitcher, so it shouldn't be a surprise that he's brought some baseball superstitions with him to the NFL.
Mahomes' father, Pat Mahomes, played in the big leagues from 1992-1997 and 1999-2003.
During that time, Patrick was often around his dad's teams. In fact, there are some famous photos of Mahomes shagging fly balls with former MLB pitcher Mike Hampton at Shea Stadium when the elder Mahomes played for the New York Mets.
Chiefs quarterback Chad Henne appeared on Adam Schefter's podcast this week and he revealed that Mahomes regularly practices a specific superstition. According to Henne, Mahomes has worn the same pair of red underwear during every NFL game he's played.
That's a baseball superstition if I've ever heard one.
As fun as it is to watch Mahomes on the football field, I'd love to see how he would've turned out as a baseball player.
Former Mets manager Bobby Valentine, who managed Mahomes' father, appeared on MLB Network this week and mentioned that Mahomes was shagging fly balls at five years old as well as some of New York's outfielders.
Valentine said it was obvious from an early age that Mahomes was "special".
Unfortunately for baseball-obsessed fans like myself, we'll never know how Mahomes' baseball career woudl've unfolded.
But we still see hints of that baseball background each Sunday during the fall. Many of Mahomes' sidearm throws look like a shortstop turning a double play.
The baseball player in Mahomes has never left. It's just playing a different sport now.
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