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Drafted Michigan QB Shea Patterson had Jim Harbaugh feeling nostalgic

Jim Harbaugh was at a satellite camp in early June when he first heard the news.

One of his Michigan football players, quarterback Shea Patterson, had been selected by the Texas Rangers in the 39th round of the Major League Baseball draft.

That's when Harbaugh shot Patterson a text: "Congratulations, that's really cool," Harbaugh said he wrote.

But it also got the Michigan football coach thinking. For about an hour, his mind wandered.

"I started thinking about it nostalgically, 'Hey, who are some of the best two-sport players the game has never known?