Want some more slow offseason news? "Cam Newton is afraid of Baseballs"

[Jakob]

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/cam-newton-is-afraid-of-baseballs/

 

 

To grow up and become an NFL quarterback, a child needs equal parts skill, determination, lucky breaks and smart decisions. One of Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s smart decisions came at the age of 14, when he decided to quit playing baseball and spend more time playing other sports.

Via ESPN the Magazine:

Around age 9, I played baseball too. I played center field because I loved Ken Griffey Jr. I really admired him. I was always a pretty good athlete, so my coach would shuffle me around to third base or shortstop, which was fine with me.

Newton would find, however, that baseball simply wasn’t his sport.

I quit baseball at 14 because I was afraid of the pitches. The kids started getting better and throwing faster, and it would’ve hurt getting hit by that ball, so I stopped playing….. My mom always wondered how I could be afraid of a little baseball when I always had these huge guys chasing me. It’s a good question.

To summarize: fastballs scare Cam Newton. Giant defensive linemen, not so much.

 

 

 

[Creep59]

meh

[Jackofalltrades]

Doesn't surprise me. A fastball to the head is a bad thing.

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

meh

[Gucci Mane]

meh

[wareagleflyboy]

since everyone else seems to be doing it

 

 

 

 

 

 

meh..

[frash.exe]

Cam was also in that same age range when Mike Piazza got hit in the head with a Clemons pitch and every sports network would not stop playing it in video packages

[MadHatter]

I am afraid of quicksand... And spiders

[CarolinaPanthers8789]

I'm afraid of women, that's why I post on this board.

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

I'm afraid of AIDS and the color orange.

Oh yeah, and brown people.

[Lemory]

That's why i quit playing little league back in the day. Those 10 year old's had cannons for arms, im talking fastballs in the range of 25-30 mph.

[Harris Aballah]

I'd be afraid of Cam throwing a fastball in my direction. I bet he could knock your teeth out your butthole with a baseball!

[Harris Aballah]

I'm afraid of AIDS and the color orange.

Oh yeah, and brown people.

Now thats just crazy. Super Aids, now that's something to be afraid of.

[Vampire the buffet slayer]

A super AIDS covered orange baseball thrown by a brown middle schooler.

I'd piss myself.