For the first time in five years, J.J. Watt brought his charity softball game back to the Houston area on Saturday night at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. The event raises millions for Watt's foundation, whose cause is to raise money for sports equipment at the middle school level in...
For the first time in five years, J.J. Watt brought his charity softball game back to the Houston area on Saturday night at Constellation Field in Sugar Land. The event raises millions for Watt's foundation, whose cause is to raise money for sports equipment at the middle school level in underprivileged areas. Over the years, Watt has raised over $7 million, and he and his former teammates, and several current Texans packed the place on Saturday.
I asked J.J. Watt how he resists the temptation to return to football, especially given the Texans’ rise. His answer was interesting.“I’m not going to keep training the way I’ve been training, but he knows if he ever does truly need it, I’ll be there for him. But I don’t think that’ll happen. They’ve got a very good crew. I hope that everybody stays extremely healthy, and they dominate and they don’t need any bodies and I just get to watch and enjoy it from the couch.
In an appropriate metaphor for the evening, in which the old dudes walloped the young dudes, the one Texans Legend who put on the most impressive display was probably the one least likely to win any sort of cardio contest — former punter and future Hall of Famer, Shane Lechler, who put on a Vlad Guerrero-like display in the pregame Home Run Derby, hitting 12 home runs in the preliminary round and then easily topping Case Keenum in the finals.
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