Patrick Mahomes’ dad, ex-MLB pitcher Pat Mahomes, says his son honed his athletic skills as a baseball prodigy

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Ahead of next week's Super Bowl, Pat Mahomes, the father of three-time All-Pro Patrick Mahomes, recalled how his son's baseball training during his childhood helped mold him into one of today's top quarterbacks.

Mahomes Sr. made his MLB debut with the Minnesota Twins in 1992. A few years later, he spent time at Shea Stadium pitching for the Mets around the time Patrick was 4 years old. 

"I just remember him being so excited to go to the yard every day," Pat Mahomes Sr. said in an interview with the New York Post. "I’d have to hold him back just so I could get in the car before we left because he was ready to get out there."

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Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) hugs his dad before an AFC West matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers Sept. 26, 2021, at GEHA Filed at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. (Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

He also remembered how Patrick would put on a Mets' uniform and play catch at the stadium.

"And he’d get there to the clubhouse, get his uniform on and he’d be one of the first guys out on the field. And, of course, I had to play catch and all that."

Now in his sixth season in the NFL, Patrick Mahomes is widely viewed as one of the best quarterbacks in the league. But the elder Mahomes took notice of his son's impressive athletic talents when he was on the baseball diamond.

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"His first practice he was playing shortstop. He threw the ball across the diamond and hit the first baseman right between the eyes, broke his glasses."