For the second straight year, Russell Wilson made a one-day appearance with the Texas Rangers.

"It's an honor to be here," Wilson said. "Growing up as a kid, I always had a dream of playing two sports, so I'm thankful for this opportunity to play with these big leaguers and to take ground balls with them.

"The first sport I ever played as a kid was baseball, so it's been important to me my entire life."

Wilson took infield practice and turned double plays like he did last spring. However, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback also took batting practice and even homered once.

"I was able to stay back on one and drive it to left-center field," Wilson said. "There's something special about throwing a touchdown because it's so hard to throw touchdowns but hitting a home run is a good feeling, too."