Less than a month ago, 23-year-old Nathan Patterson was just a fan at Rockies game, today he’s a professional baseball player, thanks to the Oakland A’s signing him to a minor league deal. The story behind how is the sports version of A Star is Born.
While attending the Rockies game, Patterson decided to stop off at the fan toss and throw some heaters. Instead of throwing 65 MPH Dad fastballs, Nate lit up the gun with six consecutive 90-plus MPH lasers, hitting 96 twice during the process. He hadn’t played organized baseball since high school.
Guys, we were just chillin at a @rockies baseball game, and my brother decided to step into a speed pitch challenge…he hit 96 mph
@MLB Let’s get him signed! pic.twitter.com/g0fKrvUxzt
— Christian Patterson (@cpatterson_7) July 15, 2019
The viral social media video apparently caught the attention of the always progressive minded A’s, who yesterday signed Patterson to a minor league deal to see if they can refine his raw gas into a pro career. Congrats to Nate. Disney should be calling in about five minutes to get the screen rights to this bad boy.