...against the Indiana Fever as fans cheer in the second quarter of Game 5 of the WNBA basketball finals Friday, Oct. 9, 2009, in Phoenix

Former major league baseball player Pete Rose watches an NBA basketball game between the Indiana Pacers and Cleveland Cavaliers in Indianapolis, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009

...wearing a San Francisco Giants baseball cap watches the Sacramento Kings' take on the Los Angeles Lakers' basketball game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles Sunday, March 9, 2008. Kings' won, 114-113. (AP...

Basketball analyst Dick Vitale cheers during Tampa Bay Rays and Boston Red Sox game Wednesday July 2, 2008...

Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, left, talks with his attorney Rusty Hardin at an NBA basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Denver Nuggets, Sunday, March 2, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, left, and former basketball coach Bob Knight, right, talk during the ninth inning of the Cardinals' spring training baseball game against...

...three-point basket against the Gonzaga Bulldogs during the 1st round of the 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on March 21, 2008 at RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. Davidson defeated Gonzaga 82-76...

...and Yi Jianlian. Besides beaming live games on 51 Chinese television networks and producing its own weekly basketball show, the NBA boasts lucrative advertising partnerships in China with 20 leading global brands. AFP PHOTO/Mark...

...Miami Heat's Shaquille O'Neal (32) in the first quarter in Game 2 of the NBA basketball finals in Dallas, Sunday, June 11, 2006

Nash gave up playing baseball in favor of basketball when he was 13 years old

...Jim Calhoun chats with forward Jeff Adrien in the first half during their NCAA first round college basketball game against Albany, Friday, March 17, 2006, in Philadelphia

...baseball in South Africa. The sport isn't nearly as popular as soccer, cricket, rugby or even basketball -- but maybe it'll catch on now

...for his speed and greatness as a leadoff batter, but could he convert his baseball prowess into basketball greatness