We can agree, can't we, that the idea of an athlete being able to raise their game in the face of stiffer competition is an immesureable but existing attribute?
Check this video:
Watch him not even FLINCH at the death-sphere hurtling mere inches away from his face when he knows the pitcher's intent is harm. That's...that's reason to temporarily lift the ban on explitives if there ever was one.
Then then proceeds to deliberately take the offender DEEP.
This guy may look like a schmuck but that spirit is off the charts. That, combined with this being his one and only shot to prove himself amongst the best in the game, an opportunity he's been pining for for years...You watch. This equation appears to be adding up to something pretty special.
Anyone got dibs on adopting him?