The distance from the pitchers mound to home plate is 60 feet, 6 inches. Historically, we’ve learned that a whole lot can go wrong between those two points. The most recent example of that was demonstrated at Thursday’s Philadelphia Phillies-San Francisco Giants game by former NFL player and current co-host of American Ninja Warrior, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila.
Without further ado, I present to you a shoe-in nomination for ‘Most Pathetic First Pitch of 2018’:
.@Phillies, I think somebody deflated my baseball ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/Gj6nkU2ShN
— Akbar Gbajabiamila (@Akbar_Gbaja) May 10, 2018
Where does Akbar’s pitch rank in the history book of awful pitches? Lets take a look at his competition.
Phoenix Suns guard Josh Jackson at the D-Backs game:
Josh Jackson must be Curtis "50 cent" Jackson's cousin with a first pitch like this
(GIF via @Cut4)pic.twitter.com/7CVe74G46g
— Your Sports Fans (@YourSportsFans) June 24, 2017
How about this Jimmy Fund patient named Jordan who drilled this poor camera man in the family jewels.
My camera man @TonyCapobianco is the poor guy that took that first pitch in the McNuggets. Here's his view of it coming in. pic.twitter.com/NVD70hiIn2
— Chris Mason (@ByChrisMason) August 16, 2017
John Wall:
Howard Stern’s Gary “Bababooey” Dell’Abate abomination, 2009:
Miss Texas:
Yes, the Jimmy Fund kid hitting the camera man in the sack of marbles is, and will always be, the best thing to happen on a baseball field.
[h/t Larry Brown Sports]