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Meet Bo Schultz, Blue Jays pitcher and former beer league softball player

Published Jun. 17, 2015 11:23 p.m. ET

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You sometimes hear about guys that make the jump from independent ball to the major leagues, but what about beer league softball to the bigs? Not often, right?

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Bo Schultz might be (probably is) the only person to make it to the majors after a stint in beer league softball. Here's part of his incredible story, as told by VICE Sports:

“I remember early on, I was playing third base, knowing what kind of arm he had,” says Jordan Heller, 40, manager of the Turkey’s Nest squad since 2000. “A ball was hit to the deepest part of right field. He tracked it down, spun, and threw a perfect strike to nail the runner tagged up from second by a couple of feet. The guy looked up at me like, ‘You have got to be kidding.’ Nobody ran on him again.”

He, the legend in right field, is Bo Schultz, 29, believed to be the only player to ever rise from McCarren Park Softball to Major League Baseball….

“I was all over Central Park, McCarren Park, even on the asphalt fields where some guys put cardboard in their pants so they could slide on the concrete. I didn’t do that, but loved playing with actors, models, writers, musicians, construction workers, cops, the whole New York City gambit,” he says. “Beer league softball is a hell of a lot of fun.”

On the season, Schultz sports a 2.35 ERA in 7.2 innings pitched with four strikeouts. 

(h/t For The Win)

Image credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports

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