Son Of Former New York Mets Pitcher Leads Chiefs To Super Bowl Win
Patrick Mahomes II, the son of former New York Mets pitcher Pat Mahomes Sr., led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 25-22 overtime victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday in Las Vegas.
Mahomes led the Chiefs to a come-from-behind win, taking them on a two-minute drive at the end of regulation to tie the game at 19-19 and send it to overtime.
Then, in overtime, after the 49ers took the lead with a field goal, Mahomes took the Chiefs the entire field and he threw the game-winning touchdown to Mecole Hardman with three seconds left in the first overtime.
Mahomes threw for 333 yards, two touchdowns and one interception as he led the Chiefs to their third Super Bowl title in the last five seasons.
The younger Mahomes once shagged fly balls as a four- and five-year-old when his father played his two seasons for the Mets.
He played baseball growing up, but he also played football and he put up great numbers at Whitehouse High School in Whitehouse, Texas, before accepting a scholarship offer to play football at Texas Tech. But, his senior year of high school he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers.
After a highly-productive career at Texas Tech, he was drafted in the first round by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2017. After spending a season sitting behind veteran starter Alex Smith, he assumed the starting job in 2018 and hasn’t looked back.
His exploits on the football field have far exceeded those of his father on the baseball diamond. Mahomes II is a two-time NFL MVP, an NFL Offensive Player of the Year, a two-time First Team All-Pro selection, a six-time Pro Bowl selection and the Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year in 2020.
He’s already thrown for 28,424 yards, 219 touchdowns and 63 interceptions in the regular season.
Mahomes Sr. played for the Mets for two seasons, joining them in 1999. That season he had perhaps the best season of his career, as he went 8-0 with a 3.68 ERA in 39 relief appearances, one year after he didn’t even play in the Majors. The Mets made the postseason and he pitched in four games and finished with a 2.25 ERA.
The following season he and the Mets went all the way to the World Series before losing to the New York Yankees. He went 5-3 with a 5.46 ERA in 53 games, five of which were starts. Mahomes Sr. did not pitch in that postseason.
