Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar Jr. visited the New York Mets on Tuesday and proved that he won't be making a Michael Jordan-esque jump to baseball anytime soon.
If you don't follow international soccer and don't know who Neymar is, let's put it this way — he's known by just one name, a sure sign of superstardom.*He's also the star of FC Barcelona and the Brazilian national team, so you'll hear a lot about him come Olympic time.
On Tuesday, though, he took a turn in the Mets' batting cage and certainly isn't winning a gold medal for that:
Neymar, who's at Citi Field today, better at soccer than baseball: pic.twitter.com/Gi4tkmq35I
— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) May 31, 2016
Via the Wall Street Journal's Andrew Beaton, Neymar said through a translator that hitting a baseball was "very difficult for me." And it shows. Neymar did much better when he showed off his soccer skills by juggling a baseball.
Neymar juggling a baseball at Citi Field in a Mets uniform. pic.twitter.com/wZXZMr2VRr
— Andrew Beaton (@andrewlbeaton) May 31, 2016
That's more like it.*
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