Rick Reilly's latest column:
For his part, Guthrie is gobsmacked.
"I'm just like, 'Wow.' Magically, this is how the cards are dealt today. Cool!"
He takes Woody out to right field, puts him against the wall (in case of overthrows), paces off 90 feet and starts throwing.
"He wasn't bad!" Guthrie remembers, which is pretty good, since the last time Woody threw a baseball, he had two legs.
"I couldn't really believe it," Woody says. "Here's me and here's this major league pitcher, trying to teach me how to throw a slider."
"I'm just like, 'Wow.' Magically, this is how the cards are dealt today. Cool!"
He takes Woody out to right field, puts him against the wall (in case of overthrows), paces off 90 feet and starts throwing.
"He wasn't bad!" Guthrie remembers, which is pretty good, since the last time Woody threw a baseball, he had two legs.
"I couldn't really believe it," Woody says. "Here's me and here's this major league pitcher, trying to teach me how to throw a slider."
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