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Chicks dig the long ball. Atlanta Braves starting pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine figured that out over two decades ago. Unfortunately, Rob Manfred took the idea to heart, thus juicing the ball; but that’s another story for a different day. Anyway, once Maddux and Glavine keyed on that baseball certainty, word got out. Here we are, all these years later, and a certain New York Jets offensive lineman has also seemingly picked up on the idea. Soon-to-be second-year-pro Mekhi Becton recently joined George Fant at the latter’s Dream Big Camp. It became evident that Mount Mekhi morphed into Baseball Becton, per his official Instagram account. Becton talking about where his eventual moonshot would land highlighted the available clips. The man who set up the event, Fant, wishes he had one back. (Accomplishing the old “toss the ball up to hit it to a fielder” thing is sometimes harder than it looks.) This is the second annual Dream Big Camp, and Friday marked the first day of festivities. Held in Bowling Green,

This article first appeared on Jets X-Factor and was syndicated with permission.

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