In the 1990s, Deion Sanders played both baseball and football for Atlanta’s pro teams, the Braves and Falcons, respectively. An upcoming ESPN “30 for 30” film, “Deion’s Double Play,” will show how Sanders attempted to play for both teams in the same day.
“Deion’s Double Play” chronicles the 24-hour span when Sanders played games for both the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLB’s Atlanta Braves. In October 1992, Sanders played three games in a span of 24 hours, a game for the Falcons sandwiched in between a pair of Braves playoff games. The games were in different cities, roughly 1,000 miles apart from each other.
Watch an exclusive clip above.
On Oct. 10, 1992, Sanders played for the Braves in the team’s National League Championship Series matchup against the Pittsburgh Pirates — in Pittsburgh — then flew to Miami as the Falcons played at the Dolphins on Oct. 11. After that game, Sanders was taken by a helicopter back to Pittsburgh to play in that night’s Braves-Pirates game.
Hey, they didn’t call him “Prime Time” for nothing.
“Deion’s Double Play” will premiere on ESPN on Jan. 31, is produced by NFL Films and directed by Ken Rodgers (“The Two Bills,” “Four Falls of Buffalo”) and Erik Powers (producer on “Hard Knocks”).