Maury Povich's baseball past includes a stellar batboy stint and a sportswriter dad

Maury Povich is a household name for his daytime television talk show. But he should probably be a household name for his truly exquisite batboying for the Washington Senators during Spring Training in the 1940s. Right?

That's a young Maury at Tinker Field in Orlando, Florida, where his hometown Senators used to hold Spring Training. And here he is trying out for the team:

Do you think we could convince him to batboy at, say, Nationals Park this season? Because honestly, it looks like he had fun:

That batboy stint isn't Povich's only baseball connection, though. His father, Shirley Povich, was a legendary sportswriter for the Washington Post for 75 years, where he covered momentous occasions like Lou Gehrig Day in 1939, writing: "I saw strong men weep this afternoon, expressionless umpires swallow hard, and emotion pump the hearts and glaze the eyes of 61,000 baseball fans in Yankee Stadium." He also wrote a history of the Senators up to 1954. 

Here he is with his father's World Series media pins:

Who knew Maury had so much baseball in his DNA?

Watch above for Maury's appearance on MLB Now as he discusses his baseball past.