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Zach Ertz and his wife Julie sure seem to be enjoying the offseason after they both threw the opening pitch at the Philadelphia Phillies game on Saturday.
However, the Arizona Cardinals‘ tight end is getting blasted online after throwing an embarrassing opening toss.
Fox Sports shows the clip of Zach and Julie Ertz standing side by side throwing the opening pitch.
Both of them were a few feet in front of the mound. Considering they’re both professional athletes, you’d think they each could make the throw.
Well, that certainly wasn’t the case for Zach Ertz, as his throw bounced in the dirt. Meanwhile, his wife threw it right into the catcher’s glove.
Zach and Julie Ertz threw tonight's ceremonial first pitch in Philly 👏👀@NFLonFOX | @FOXSoccer pic.twitter.com/itiWLrAPmf
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) May 7, 2023
Fans immediately started roasting Ertz after getting outshined by his wife. But then JJ Watt made the whole situation worse in a hilarious way.
We have to get this scrubbed from the internet ASAP @ZERTZ_86
We cannot have people with lots of followers retweeting and sharing this.
Have you ever thrown a baseball before?! https://t.co/oSSFhMr4u3
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) May 7, 2023
Former players and talking heads began following Watt’s request.
that’s actually ok. I only reposted it to bring it to the attention of the internet authorities so they can take it down.
You reposting will actually speed up that process hopefully.
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) May 7, 2023
Big Cat couldn’t help but get involved with the cause.
you are a pioneer in this line of work, so it’s an honor to have you helping the cause.
🫡
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) May 7, 2023
Sports fans had their fair share of funny takes from the clip though too.
Tired: "how can you bounce the pitch and your wife hits the glove"
Wired: "how can you, an athlete whose livelihood depends on good hands, bounce the pitch where your wife, an athlete who can't use her hands basically at all in her sport, hits the glove?"
— evgen (@_el87) May 7, 2023
Zach Ertz and Travis Kelce have more in common than just being tight ends in the NFL.
Why do Tight Ends always bounce first pitches? @ZERTZ_86 @tkelce
— Thunder ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@My_Oh_Meyer) May 7, 2023
I don’t know how Zach Ertz can redeem himself after that dreadful opening pitch. Hopefully, he can at some point during the offseason.
If not, well, Julie may never let him forget. Neither will sports fans.