A 7-or-8-year-old Pyne is racing in Michigan City, Mississippi. Motocross involves racing motorcycles over an off-road course full of twists, turns, high-speed jumps and other racers.įlash back a decade-plus. What does that have to do with Pyne's toughness? When he does that, he normally hits the ball hard.
He has a good eye and gets into good counts. 'He's talented,' IU coach Jeff Mercer says. It's among the reasons why he has emerged as one of the Big Ten's most promising freshmen. Pyne's racing days are over, but not the competitiveness that fueled it. Question Josh Pyne's toughness at your own risk.Ĭonsider Indiana's third baseman once nearly bit off his tongue during a Motocross race crash, was air lifted to a Mississippi hospital and came back for more - until mom stepped in.
