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Here Is Another Cirque du Soleil Opening Pitch (Video)
Three weeks ago the San Diego Padres invited a performer from Cirque du Soleil to throw out the opening pitch prior to their game against the Kansas City Royals. It gained plenty of coverage on both sports blogs and sports news shows, and its success caused the Tampa Bay Rays to try something similar last [...]
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Man With No Arms Throws Out First Pitch At Red Sox Game (Video)
Those with arms and hands who were in attendance at Fenway Park last night were busy grabbing boobs. As for those without arms or hands, they were busy throwing out the opening pitch prior to the Red Sox game against the Baltimore Orioles. Tom Willis, who was born without arms or hands, has made it [...]
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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, [...]
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John Wall’s Opening Pitch May Be The Worst Opening Pitch In The History Of Opening Pitches (Video)
John Wall can dribble and shoot with the best of them, but luckily for him his ability to throw a ball wasn’t tested prior to the 2010 NBA Draft, else the first-overall pick likely would have fallen out of the first round. Wall was asked to throw out the opening pitch prior to Friday’s game [...]
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Man With No Arms Or Legs Throws Out Opening Pitch In Japan (Video)
This clip is amazing, awe-inspiring and hilarious all in one. During a Japanese League baseball game on May 6th between Seibu and Rakuten, sportswriter Hirotada Ototake threw out the opening pitch. What makes this both amazing and awe-inspiring is the fact that Ototake was born with no arms or legs. He is popular in his [...]
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A Robot Delivered The Opening Pitch At Today’s Phillies Game (Video)
I thought I had seen it all after watching fisherman Dave Mercer cast his opening pitch at a Toronto Blue Jays game a few years ago. I was wrong. During today’s matinee game between the Milwaukee Brewers and the Philadelphia Phillies, a robot made by engineers from the University of Pennsylvania was assigned the task [...]
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T-Rex Throws First Pitch At Memphis Triple-A Game (Video)
At about this time last summer we brought you what may have very well been the strangest opening pitch ever after Dave Mercer brought his fishing rod to the mound to perform the “opening cast” prior to a Toronto Blue Jays game. It is one year later and we have finally found someone who has [...]
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Shawn Johnson’s Opening Pitch That Barely Made It (Video)
Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson may be able to leap over tall buildings in a single bound, but she can’t throw a ball three feet. In attendance to throw out the opening pitch at an Iowa Cubs game, the American gymnast gave us what may very well be the worst performances from the mound ever. [...]
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Mariah Carey’s Opening Pitch Disaster (GIF)
I’m not sure what to think of this opening pitch from Mariah Carey. After all, it required about four bounces before reaching the plate, but even she is capable of making such poor technique and execution look remarkably good. And those high heels and skimpy shorts certainly don’t hurt her cause. I guess it could [...]
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Opening Pitches Don’t Get Sexier Than This (Video/Pics)
When it comes to opening pitches in baseball, we have provided you with the political, the comical, and now we bring you the beautiful. That is the best way to describe the scene on the field last night prior to the Las Vegas 51′s minor league game. And what made it such a beautiful scene [...]
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Since When Did Opening Pitches Become So Political?
Total Pro Sports – Since President Barack Obama threw out the opening pitch for the MLB All-Star game, there seems to have been a lot of fire thrown his way from right-wing conservatives regarding his arm strength. Fox News was all over the story, and they couldn’t get enough of the fact that the ball [...]
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Barack Obama Throws Out First Pitch At 2009 MLB All-Star Game
Total Pro Sports – It may have seemed like a day off for the president of the United States of America last night, but the pressure was still on Barack Obama as he stepped to the mound to throw out the ceremonial opening pitch for the MLB All-Star game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. [...]
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Avril Lavigne Throws Opening Pitch At Blue Jays Game
Total Pro Sports – Hopefully Gary Dell’Abate, a.k.a. Baba Booey, wasn’t watching last night’s Toronto Blue Jays game. If he was, he may be asking himself two things: 1. “Do I really throw like a girl?” The answer which would be an emphatic NO. Sorry Gary. Girls have a much better arm than you. Don’t [...]
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Mr. T Sings “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” At The Cubs Game
Total Pro Sports – What better way to celebrate Memorial Day than have Mr. T, draped in the American flag, come and throw out the first pitch of a baseball game, then lead the stadium in the singing of “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”. That was the mindset of the Chicago Cubs organization, [...]
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Baba Booey’s Opening Pitch Embarassment
Total Pro Sports – For those of you who tuned in to listen to the Howard Stern show this morning, you may have heard them poke fun at Gary Dell’Abate, aka. Baba Booey, and his terrible performance as he threw out the opening pitch of the New York Mets game on Sunday. After watching, it’s not hard to see [...]
