Tag Archives: first pitch
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Google Helps Boy With Disease Throw Out First Pitch at A’s Game From Kansas City (Video)
The boy in the above image is Nick LeGrande. On Wednesday, Nick celebrated his 14th birthday, and as a gift, the Oakland A’s invited him to throw out the first pitch during their game against the New York Yankees at the Coliseum. It was quite the treat from the Athletics organization, but making this once-in-a-lifetime [...]
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Tom Willis, a Man Born with No Arms, Threw the First Pitch at Wrigley Field Yesterday (Video)
Man, the Chicago Cubs are on a roll these days. Not only has the team won 14 of their last 19 games to climb into…well, second-to-last place, but they’ve also had a number of interesting things happening at the beautiful (but crumbling) Wrigley Field. Last week, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler stopped by to sing [...]
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Snoop Dogg Throws Out First Pitch, Follows It Up By Tebowing (Video)
Snoop Dogg is from Long Beach, California, and he cheers for the Los Angeles Dodgers, but that didn’t seem to stop the Chicago White Sox from thinking that he would be the perfect celebrity to throw out the opening pitch prior to yesterday’s game against the Minnesota Twins. And choosing Snoop Dogg to throw out [...]
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Is This The Worst Ceremonial First Pitch Ever? (Video)
Everyone knows a ceremonial first pitch is usually just an excuse for a team to show off for its fans (“hey, look, we know famous people!”). But unless it’s a cute kid, a dude with no arms, or a T-Rex, we still want to see the person doing the honors actually get it in the [...]
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Kids Throw Out First Pitch Unknowingly to Military Dad at Diamondbacks Game (Video)
Everybody loves a good military homecoming video. You know the ones I mean. They’re all over YouTube. A military mom or dad comes home from Iraq or Afghanistan and surprises their kids at school, summer camp, a spelling bee, a sporting event, or something like that. They sneak up behind the kid, then someone tells [...]
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Cirque du Soliel Performer Throws Out Opening Pitch (Video)
When an opening pitch earns a spot on the nightly highlight package, nine times out of ten it is for all the wrong reasons. But when we are treated to that other one-out-of-ten, it can be quite remarkable. Take last night’s game between the Kansas City Royals and the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, [...]
