Superhero Teamup: Arrow’s Stephen Amell takes batting practice with Blue Jays
TORONTO — Green Arrow and Superman had a brief teamup at Toronto Blue Jays batting practice on Friday afternoon.
Stephen Amell, who plays the titular hero on the TV series “Arrow,” took batting practice with the Blue Jays ahead of Toronto’s series opener with the Chicago White Sox. Amell was taking swings with the bat of all-star third baseman Josh Donaldson when Kevin Pillar — who often wears a Superman T-shirt under his Blue Jays jersey — offered up his lighter bat.
“I was using Josh’s bat for the first three rounds and then Pillar gave me his bat. It’s a little bit lighter and he’s like ‘trust me, take this one,’” said Amell on the field at Rogers Centre. “I didn’t hit a homer but I started lacing line drives.”
Once Amell got his bat on the ball he started drawing cheers from the Toronto players who had lined the batting cage to watch the TV star take some swings.