Double Duty: Russell Wilson won't 'kill the dream' of playing baseball

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Let the rumors start to fly as fast as a 97 mph fastball.

In the midst of negotiating a new contract, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson didn't squash the idea of playing baseball during the NFL offseason in an interview with HBO's "Real Sports" that will air April 21.

"I never want to kill the dream of playing two sports," Wilson said. "I would honestly play two sports."

"I don't know," Wilson said sheepishly. "I may push the envelope a little bit one of these days."

Wilson, who was a two-sport star at NC State, has spent a day at Texas Rangers spring training in Arizona each of the past two years. On March 28, he hit a home run during batting practice.

The former second baseman in college and in the minors was acquired by the Rangers during the Rule 5 draft in December 2013, which allows teams to draft players who have never been called up to the big leagues after spending at least four years in another franchise's farm system. Wilson was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles out of high school and then in the fourth round by the Colorado Rockies in 2010.

In two years in Colorado's farm system in 2010 and 2011, Wilson hit .229 in 315 at-bats, according to MLB.com. He hit .228 and had 15 stolen bases in 61 games with an on-base percentage of .366 in 2011 for Class A Asheville.

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do u think the Seahawks would let him play?? I know Bo Jackson and Deion did both, but times have changed a bit and he's theyre star QB.
Curious to see if they make a statement reguarding this

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do u think the Seahawks would let him play?? I know Bo Jackson and Deion did both, but times have changed a bit and he's theyre star QB.
Curious to see if they make a statement reguarding this

You would think it would be hard to envision that happening being as important as he is to the team but lets face it, Bo and Deion were LEGENDARY type players and they were allowed to.

Wasn't Deion taking helicopters in between games just to barely make it on time for first pitch/kickoff??

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do u think the Seahawks would let him play?? I know Bo Jackson and Deion did both, but times have changed a bit and he's theyre star QB.
Curious to see if they make a statement reguarding this

also brian jordan, football, baseball... gene conley, dave debuscre, danny ainge baseball basketball.on the pro level... mlb nba nfl.

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also brian jordan, football, baseball... gene conley, dave debuscre, danny ainge baseball basketball.on the pro level... mlb nba nfl.

I never knew Danny Ainge played baseball.

Just looked it up and seen a video on youtube of him making a helluva play at third base though.

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don't forget chuck connors actor, mlber, nbaer.

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also brian jordan, football, baseball... gene conley, dave debuscre, danny ainge baseball basketball.on the pro level... mlb nba nfl.

thanx for the added info. A few names i didnt know about

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saw a story on this last night. Wilson and the Seahawks "reportedly" arent close to a new deal yet. Maybe this is him trying to push the issue a bit??

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saw a story on this last night. Wilson and the Seahawks "reportedly" arent close to a new deal yet. Maybe this is him trying to push the issue a bit??

nothing wrong with that.... in sports you're only worth what they're willing to pay you....you gotta get it while you can...

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saw a story on this last night. Wilson and the Seahawks "reportedly" arent close to a new deal yet. Maybe this is him trying to push the issue a bit??

I just think he likes the attention. If he signs a 100+ million contract to be the face of the Seahawks, then he shouldn't want any part of trying to play baseball.

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I just think he likes the attention. If he signs a 100+ million contract to be the face of the Seahawks, then he shouldn't want any part of trying to play baseball.

some people just like the challenge. Want to prove to themselves that they can do it.
From what i hear he's not that great of a baseball player so i dont think it will matter much. We'll see what happens. The Seahawks better get him signed 

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some people just like the challenge. Want to prove to themselves that they can do it.
From what i hear he's not that great of a baseball player so i dont think it will matter much. We'll see what happens. The Seahawks better get him signed 

one of the world's greatest athletes couldn't make it out of the minors, glad mlb didn't just bring him up to generate publicity...

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one of the world's greatest athletes couldn't make it out of the minors, glad mlb didn't just bring him up to generate publicity...

haha yup

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might as well finish thread...    bo jackson

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and neon deion sanders