“It Frustrated Me Because I Hate to Lose”- Deion Sanders Addresses His Biggest Sporting Failure and Its Not in the NFL

“Football is my wife and baseball is my mistress.” – Being the only athlete to make a Super Bowl and World Series appearance, this is how former defensive back and outfielder Deion Sanders described his sporting career. In addition to baseball and football, Sanders led the track and field team of Florida State University. However, from the three sports Sanders excelled at, which was the most difficult?

The Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees legend answered the question and shed light on his career in the ballpark. He did so in a recently aired interview with three-time Super Bowl champion Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay.

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During a recent podcast episode, Deion Sanders openly discussed his nine-season baseball career and candidly admitted that baseball was the most challenging sport for him when asked to choose between football, track and field, and baseball. The 55-year-old also talked about his frustration with the game, expressing that he knew he had the potential to excel in it but was unable to due to time constraints.

The 1994 NFL Defensive Player of the Year said, “That ball (baseball) does some things to you. Any sport that you can fail at 7 out of 10 times and become great. And you make 2 to 300 million dollars in it. That’s a hard sport.”

Sanders continued to talk about the reason behind his adoration for baseball, and said, “I love challenges and I could not master it (baseball) and it frustrated me because I hate to lose.”

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Finally, the segment came to an end with the two-time Super Bowl Champion justifying his career in the park. He also discussed the possibility of more time doing him loads of good, and said, “I hate I’m not mastering something that I know if I just had more time I could.”

Which teams did Deion Sanders play for in the MLB?

Sanders made his MLB debut with the New York Yankees in 1989. Since then, the outfielder played as a part-time outfielder till 2001. And made a World Series appearance in 1992 with the Atlanta Braves.

All in all, barring the Yanks, Sanders played for three other teams – Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, and the Cincinnati Reds.

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Would you have liked to see more of Deion Sanders in the ballpark? Which team would be an ideal landing spot for the outfielder? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.