Mississippi State's Jack Bauer wears 24 and throws 100 as he chases MLB dreams
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Mississippi State's Jack Bauer wears 24 and throws 100 as he chases MLB dreams originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Jack Bauer is a lanky left who pitches for the Mississippi State Bulldogs.
He also happens to throw 100 miles per hour, and he does it while wearing the best jersey number: 24. He's just a freshman, and he's doing this in the SEC tourney: Jack Bauer šÆā½ļø pic. twitter.
com/NZ67oOvpyi ā Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) May 21, 2026 MORE: Why Cam Schlittler used BABIP as a verb And yes, Jack Bauer's parents actually named him after the protagonist from the hit TV show 24. The Jack Bauer in that show was played by Kiefer Sutherland, who told MLB. com he has heard about the prodigy.
"To see someone excel at that level at such a young age, and the fact that he has the last name Bauer and his parents chose to call him Jack. ... It's kind of fun for me," Sutherland said.