Terrell Owens is in remarkable shape for a 50-year-old retired athlete. The former NFL wide receiver took Team USA and University of Arizona legend Jennie Finch deep during the MLB MLB All-Star Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday night.
It was a bomb!
Owens, who ranks third in NFL history in career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns, looks like he could still suit up for all 32 teams. He defies age. The three-time First-Team All-Pro recently ran some routes out in Los Angeles and proved, once again, that he’s still got it.
Saturday was another example. Owens played in the Celebrity All-Star Game for the National League.
Finch was in the circle for the AL as she always is. Even though she is one of the greatest pitchers of all-time and an Olympic gold medalist, she doesn’t throw her stuff. It’s all slow pitch.
Owens got ahold of one and took Finch way deep for a no-doubt home run. He almost knocked it out of the actual Major League park in Arlington instead of just the makeshift barriers in the outfield.
The ball hit the fence at 330 feet.
Terrell Owens is 50 years old and almost went deep in an MLB ballpark 😳
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I get it. Owens didn’t hit an actual home run. Finch lobbed it in there. Doesn’t matter.
Haters gonna hate, but that man has been on this earth for five decades and put an objectively awful swing on that ball with no extension. When is the last time you saw a 50-year-old muscle a softball 330 feet? It’s very impressive whether you want to admit it or not.
The other major highlight from the Celebrity Softball Game was a scuffle between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Kind of. Mero took a pitch on the leg from Pedro Martinez and charged the mound.
Nobody on his team had his back!
MLB All-Star festivities will continue with the Home Run Derby on Monday and the actual game on Tuesday. Perhaps the league should consider putting Terrell Owens at the dish to mash some dingers along the Major Leaguers. He’s clearly still got it!