Maybe Jay Bilas' fixation on wingspan can find a new home in minor league baseball, where Tracy McGrady's long limbs are intimidating opposing batters to the point where they don't even bother to swing. (Note: they were also ordered not to swing, as McGrady was merely throwing a bullpen session with stand-in batters).

Still, those posing as hitters were impressed by what they saw: an absurdly tall (6-foot-8) pitcher throwing an upper 80s fastball with a "feels like" in the lower 90s.

"He's so tall and his arms are so long. His downward slope, you're not going to see that too often," Barret Barnes, a minor league outfielder who toed the line during McGrady's throwing session, told KRIV-TV. "When you have a presence like that on the mound, it's really hard to settle in and be comfortable hitting."

"Say his [velocity] is 87, but with his arms and his body, it feels like it's 90-91," Barnes, a first round draft pick of the Pittsburg Pirates, added.

In earlier reports, McGrady's steamer was clocked at 91 mph, meaning he's still working himself into shape and that's likely the maximum speed he'll reach this season, if he does end up playing for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Independent League. The former NBA All Star who once scored 13 points in 30 seconds during a comeback win is working with Diamondbacks scout Scipio Spinks and former Skeeter (for a few starts) Roger Clemens.

"[Spinks] taught me a lot, mechanics, and just a lot of things I didn't know about pitching, and I'm using that to my advantage," McGrady told ESPN. "I also have Roger Clemens out here. What better person to have teaching you some things about pitching than Roger Clemens?"

If McGrady does make the Skeeters, and eventually the majors, he'll join a short list of tall professional baseball players whose height comes to the forefront in their google search, including Randy Johnson (6-foot-10), Richie Sexson (6-foot-8), and Doug Fister (6-foot-8).