Kansas Metropolis Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes positive is aware of quite a bit about baseball.

He has mentioned in interviews that coaching in pitching and taking part in basketball helped him develop and hone his quarterback expertise by way of the years.

He grew up round MLB and the sport of baseball, as his father Pat pitched within the massive leagues from 1992 to 2003 with six completely different organizations.

He’s at the moment specializing in the Tremendous Bowl, a sport that his Chiefs will play this weekend towards the Philadelphia Eagles.

He, nonetheless, took a while to speak about baseball and MLB, particularly MLB The Present.

He was thrilled by the online game’s newest determination to incorporate the Negro Leagues within the gameplay options.

“‘Including [the Negro Leagues] into @MLBTheShow is simply one other step in the correct path.’ @PatrickMahomes speaks on his expertise with the historical past and worth of the Negro League Museum in Kansas Metropolis throughout #SuperBowlLVII Opening Night time on FS1,” Fox Sports activities MLB tweeted.

“Including [the Negro Leagues] into @MLBTheShow is simply one other step in the correct path.”@PatrickMahomes speaks on his expertise with the historical past and worth of the Negro League Museum in Kansas Metropolis throughout #SuperBowlLVII Opening Night time on FS1. pic.twitter.com/EVaBYBH35D

— FOX Sports activities: MLB (@MLBONFOX) February 7, 2023

Pat, his father, is Black, and Patrick is of blended race.

He is aware of how necessary it’s for the Black group to see, get to know, and play with a number of the greatest stars of the primary half of the twentieth century.

A few of the finest gamers within the historical past of the sport performed within the Negro Leagues sooner or later.

That’s why Mahomes, who’s in search of his second Tremendous Bowl win, values the truth that younger youngsters all world wide will now be capable of expertise the Negro Leagues and play with Jackie Robinson, Josh Gibson, Roy Campanella, John Donaldson, Hank Aaron, Larry Doby, Monte Irvin, and others.

Together with them within the 2023 version of MLB The Present was a transparent win by the online game, the league, and the Negro Leagues Museum.