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Former NFL LB Akbar Gbaja-Biamila Throws Awful 1st Pitch at Phillies vs. Giants
May 10, 2018
Add Akbar Gbaja-Biamila to the list of athletes and celebrities who have thrown out a terrible first pitch at a Major League Baseball game.
The former NFL linebacker did this prior to Thursday's game at Citizens Bank Park between the San Francisco Giants and Philadelphia Phillies:
There must be a stigma for left-handed ceremonial throwers on a pitcher's mound. MLB's tweet references the infamous first pitch by 50 Cent—who is also a southpaw—for the New York Mets in 2014 that nearly hit a cameraman who was closer to the on-deck circle than home plate.
The good news is Gbaja-Biamila's pitch didn't hurt the Phillies, who swept their four-game series against the Giants with a 6-3 win.
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