Pat White is hoping to follow in Bo Jackson's footsteps in more ways than one. Jackson, perhaps the greatest two-sport star of all time, suited up for the Royals and White Sox, a former Miami Dolphins quarterback, is hoping to do the same. The Royals announced that they signed White, a 24-year-old outfielder, to a minor league deal.
The Royals say they are aware that “the NFL may be an option” for White. The Angels selected him in the fourth round of the 2004 draft, but White chose to go to the University of West Virginia on a football scholarship. The Reds and Yankees drafted White in 2008 and 2009, respectively, so he has drawn interest from many MLB teams. White ran for 81 yards in his rookie season last year, but didn't complete any of the five passes he attempted. The Dolphins released him this week.
No kidding?
He was drafted four times..turned down multi-million dollar contracts…no surprise here.
He was drafted four times..turned down multi-million dollar contracts…no surprise here.
Nuts. Had no idea he played baseball. I wonder how much he’s played since high school.
Nuts. Had no idea he played baseball. I wonder how much he’s played since high school.
Please get your facts straight. Pat White went to West Virginia University as did I. There is no such place as the University of West Virginia.
thanks for informing everyone that you attended West Virginia University I am sure we all have more respect for you now.
Thanks for being a dbag.
I would say the person who feels the need to clarify a normal name mistake and adds in that he attended the university (possibly with Pat White). And by the looks of it, it seems people agree with me
I think more people agree with BucsFan. Sorry.
Doesn’t seem like it, considering the 20+ likes. I personally loved Tim’s comments. lol
I can’t believe 4 people liked that comment because it’s clear that Tim has 44 likes against 12.
(I was one of those because I missed the reply button. Whoops)
You are a funny guy Kevin!
Yeah, that happens way too often. There should be an option to take a like back… it looks stupid if some guy calls you a dbag and you accidentally click the like button. (especially if your name comes up in the likes section)
I wonder what the replies would have been like if you had mentioned inbreeding and/or corncob pipes?
Meh that seems a lil lowbrow, I tend to follow 2 rules, no Bum smack and no inbred smack.
Timmy, you’re really starting to get higher in the likes standings…No way you catch me anytime soon though!
just looking at it i will more or less go with my ratio of likes to comments. trying to make what i say actually be important.
Got me there. So it’s a C/9 and L/9?
Because it’s not dbagish to take exception to someone saying UWV instead of WVU. God forbid that.
thanks for informing everyone that you attended West Virginia University I am sure we all have more respect for you now.
Actually, thanks for clarifying that it is West Virginia University! Love Pat White; as he is a very talented young man with a great deal of integrity to pass up money in order to play for the Mountaineers. A lot of WVU players have been multi-talented! If you know any history you will remember that James Jett won gold in Barcelona (track & field), Darrell Whitmore also played in the major leagues…….I could go on and on. Pat White is an asset to any team. Simply stated, Dolphins lost out, not Pat White…good kids in the NFL are hard to find…..they lost talent, brains, and a kind person!
so they should have kept a guy who cant compete at that level(in their opinion) just because he is a swell person? well golly gee
Geeze how on earth did they mess that up?
Not gonna lie, this is pretty cool.
Cool, wish more guys would play 2 sports.. and I hope he makes it back to the NFL
I remember when he got rocked against the Steelers. It’d be cool if he could turn out to be good at baseball.
i couldn’t believe my eyes when i saw this…they are dialated now
i couldn’t believe my eyes when i saw this…they are dialated now
Next stop NBA!!
This made me laugh uncontrollably. I don’t know why.
I thought the Yankees still had his rights?
Whatever, hopefully the Royals got something good, he was legit nasty at baseball in HS before he focused on football.
I suddenly have wild and unrealistic expectations for him in which the only reasonable way to showcase his story is through a blockbuster movie.
And the white sox fail to get him, ho hum.
He isn’t Cuban. Swing and a miss….
And the white sox fail to get him, ho hum.
Anybody know what position he plays? I’d guess outfield from his tools, but I haven’t heard anything for certain.
Says outfield in the post.
I could swear that wasn’t there a minute ago. Thanks.
Anybody know what position he plays? I’d guess outfield from his tools, but I haven’t heard anything for certain.
I could easily see Pat White as an outfielder, I’m just scared that in some games he will forget he’s playing baseball and try to throw a hail mary to the catcher.
Just slot him in at Pitcher and run the Wildcat