The basketball season might be over, but Dallas Mavericks superstar Dirk Nowitzki isn't done with sports until fall. For one day in late June, for charity, Nowitzki is partnering with the Heroes Foundation for the 2012 Heroes Celebrity Baseball Game.
Of course, it won't be the first time he picks up a bat and/or ball. Check out that above clip to see the 7-footer take a hack. And don't forget...
Ronald Martinez/Getty ImagesThe wind-up...
Doug Pensinger/Getty Images...and the pitch...
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images...and -- wait. Did Dirk travel back in time? Or is this pic from a 2003 game, and the others 2011?
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PlaybookPatrick Dorsey is a Playbook editor. He has worked for the Web and newspapers, had a cup of craft service coffee in film school, and played in one Division III golf tournament (he shot 105).
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