Double careers in baseball: Two-sport athletes in the MLB

This episode dives into athletes who managed to play baseball and football at the professional level during their careers.

Cover+art+for+the+podcast+Painting+Corners+with+Anton+Schindler

Cover art for the podcast Painting Corners with Anton Schindler


Did you know that since 1912, there have been 67 athletes that have played at least one game of baseball at the MLB level and one game of football at the NFL level during their careers? In this week’s episode of “Painting the Corners,” we’re going to talk about these incredible athletes, like Deion Sanders and Bo Jackson, who managed to play two very different sports at a professional level at the same time in their career. We also talk about a couple of other incredible athletes who decided to take take their talents elsewhere after being drafted into the MLB.