Calvin Johnson takes batting practice at Comerica Park (Video)

| May 18, 2012 | 7:13 pm | 0 Comments

Apparently it wasn’t for Lions All-Nastytime wide receiver Calvin Johnson to dominate one sport in Detroit.  He took his hand to a second, baseball, Friday at Comerica Park and faired pretty well.

Photo of Calvin Johnson taking batting practice

The Tigers welcomed CJ to the clubhouse and to take batting practice with them before Friday’s game with the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Calvin more than held his own and looked pretty comfortable in the cage.  He was actually drafted by the Cincinnati Reds out of high school, but chose to go to Georgia Tech to play football.  Here’s video of the natural via Fox Sports Detroit.

As a thank you, Johnson signed a football for Tigers skipper Jim Leyland
Photo of Calvin Johnson signing a football for Jim Leyland

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Tim is the founder and author of It’s Always Sunny In Detroit. Born and raised north of "The D", he was hands down the fastest kid on the playground. In his glory days as a Big Ten baseballer, Tim often thought about dating Jennifer Love Hewitt. After he hung ‘em up and got real, he graduated from law school and came back to Detroit. He has been keeping it sunny ever since.
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