Our friends over at Pro Football Talk have a whole bunch of good stuff about Colin Kaepernick's impressive first NFL start for the 49ers last night, but there's also an interesting little baseball connection.
Back in 2009 when Kaepernick was in college at Nevada the Cubs drafted him in the 43rd round as a pitcher despite his not having played baseball since high school.
GFBB NOTE: Ever since Alex Smith, QB for the 49ers appeared at a news conference wearing a SF Giants cap, and then threw out the first pitch at 
the 2012 NLDS game at AT&T Park, there's been a real fondness between the SF Giants and the SF 49ers, especially since the NFL threatened to fine Smith if he kept wearing the Giants cap at NFL functions. It made Smith sort of a hero in my mind. The mutual admiration society continues as we learn today that yesterday's hero, back-up QB Colin Kaepernick, was also a standout pitcher in high school and had to choose between football and baseball scholarships for college. We might just have another Montana-Young combo in the works here folks. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
the 2012 NLDS game at AT&T Park, there's been a real fondness between the SF Giants and the SF 49ers, especially since the NFL threatened to fine Smith if he kept wearing the Giants cap at NFL functions. It made Smith sort of a hero in my mind. The mutual admiration society continues as we learn today that yesterday's hero, back-up QB Colin Kaepernick, was also a standout pitcher in high school and had to choose between football and baseball scholarships for college. We might just have another Montana-Young combo in the works here folks. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
