But his game is wiffle ball.
He says when people see his team play, they know wiffle ball isn't just for kids.
Burnell is a member of the Flyin' Wildebeest, one of 14 teams in Michigan's Kalamazoo Wiffle League.
The league started with four friends in a backyard game in 2006.
Since then the KWL has gotten serious, in a playful way.
The Kalamazoo Gazette reports the wiffle league now has an All-Star game, playoffs, league photographer and an unbelievably detailed Web site.
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