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Orioles reset: Gunnar Henderson was shattering backboards in basketball before becoming MVP candidate

Orioles reset: Gunnar Henderson was shattering backboards in basketball before becoming MVP candidate

When Gunnar Henderson was on the court, no backboard was safe. Before the Orioles' 22-year-old phenom was manning shortstop at Camden Yards, before he was the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball, before he heard his name called as the 42nd overall pick in the 2019 MLB draft, Henderson was a three-sport athlete at John T. Morgan Academy in Selma, Alabama. “I'm a full believer in playing as many sports as you can,” Henderson said in the Orioles' clubhouse shortly before he was named the American League Player of the Month for April.