Drew Brees Has Been Getting Mentored By His MLB Childhood Hero

New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees has been vocal about wanting to playing into his 40s, so he's been looking to guidance from someone who played well into his 40s...Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. Who is also his childhood hero...

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“Brees said he’s spoken to MLB pitchers about the similarities between their schedules, and one player who has offered guidance about his weekly habits is Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan,” Josh Katzenstein of Nola.com reported.

“I remember studying Nolan Ryan VHS tapes on how to throw a four-seam fastball and curveball and all these different things,” Brees said, per Katzenstein. “I feel like I know his career pretty well. (He’s) from Alvin, Texas, played until he was 47 years old, threw his last fastball 95 miles per hour at age 47. He didn’t stop pitching because he couldn’t still throw strikes and get people out. He stopped pitching because it became more and more difficult to turn around every five days and pitch like those guys were required to do in a starting rotation.”

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(Yarbarker)