Before there was “Doug Pederson: Super Bowl winning head coach” there was “Doug Pederson: Eagles softball game star.”
In honor of the Philadelphia Phillies’ 2020 season starting up tonight, the Eagles shared an old video highlighting Pederson’s skills as both a batter and pitcher. Watch Crusher Doug (supposedly, at least) crush some home runs and force some outs:
Top notch production value there by inserting the radio calls from Merrill Reese and Mike Quick. Well done.
Pederson wasn’t even working on the Andy Reid’s coaching staff in 2008; he was first hired as an Eagles offensive quality control coordinator in 2009.