Editing Garth Brooks (section)

===Professional baseball===
In 1998, Brooks launched his Touch 'em All Foundation with [[Major League Baseball]]. He also began with a short career in [[baseball]], when he signed with the [[San Diego Padres]] for [[spring training]] in 1998 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/garth209.shtml|title=Garth Brooks News Archive: Now pinch running, Garth Brooks|access-date=April 26, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073938/http://www.planetgarth.com/gbnews/garth209.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Brooks' performance on the field did not warrant management placing him on the regular season roster; however, he was offered a non-roster spot, but declined it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/04/07/bas_258477.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308051500/http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/04/07/bas_258477.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 8, 2016|title=Garth Brooks pulls plug on baseball career|website=chronicle.augusta.com|agency=Associated Press}}</ref> The following season, Brooks signed with the [[New York Mets]]. This spring-training stint was also a poor performance for Brooks, resulting in a zero-for-seventeen batting record.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/03/19/mets_garth_ap/ |work=CNN |title=Mets grant Garth Brooks unconditional release |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203063910/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/03/19/mets_garth_ap/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }}</ref> In 2004, Brooks returned to baseball with the [[Kansas City Royals]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=10bqs/brooks|work=ESPN |title=Top Sports Searches |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114050706/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=10bqs%2Fbrooks |archive-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref> He got his first and only hit off [[Mike Myers (baseball)|Mike Myers]] during his final spring training game with the Royals.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Caple |first1=Jim |title=Brooks taking his cuts again this spring |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=10bqs/brooks |website=ESPN |access-date=October 16, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141114050706/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page3/story?page=10bqs%2Fbrooks |archive-date=November 14, 2014}}</ref>

In 2019, Brooks made a return to spring training, joining the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] to promote his charity.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Encina |first1=Eduardo |title=Around the Grapefruit League: Garth Brooks lands in Pirates camp |url=https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2019/02/25/around-the-grapefruit-league-garth-brooks-lands-in-pirates-camp-continuing-his-mission-of-helping-kids-in-need/ |newspaper=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=March 1, 2019}}</ref>