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Watch Duke phenom Zion Williamson absolutely crush a baseball

(Chesterton, Eric)
By Eric Chesterton

As Duke Blue Devils freshman forward Zion Williamson continues to fill the highlight reels early in the college basketball season, there's no shortage of opportunities to marvel at his athleticism on the hardwood. But, there is a shortage of opportunities to marvel at his abilities on the baseball diamond ... and it's not because such opportunities are unavailable.
Let us take this moment, then, to take a break from the thunderous dunks of Williamson to check in with an explosive dinger from the phenom:

Someone needs to get Williamson into a Major League ballpark so we can figure out just how far he can hit the ball.
As impressive as Williamson's dinger was, let's remember that he is not the first ACC basketball product to show an aptitude for baseball:

Just saying.

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