The Comeback Kid: Jacob Johnson overcomes adversity on path to MLB draft - Picayune Item

The Comeback Kid: Jacob Johnson overcomes adversity on path to MLB draft - Picayune Item

Three. That’s how old Jacob Johnson was when his dad first handed him a baseball — a simple moment that would later change the life of the now-MLB draftee. With no family ties to the game, he gravitated to baseball out of pure passion. “My dad was a basketball player so he had no recollection of playing baseball,” says Johnson. “It’s just something I always loved and just stuck loving. It was just natural.” Like most children in South Mississipp…