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Man, that’s a bad look for an NFL QB. I had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game 15 years ago. I decided before I got out there that I wasn’t going to try to throw it full power and end up embarrassing myself like so many others have done.

 

I think I pulled it off pretty well, and I was in a tuxedo no less.
 

 

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I played both baseball and football in my high school years. While I was never a superstar athlete, I understand that throwing a baseball and football involves a difference in mechanics and technique.

 

However, unless Malik Willis has never attempted to throw a baseball once in his life, he is a professional athlete! He is in the top 0.2% of athletes in his sport and probably a top 5% athlete overall.

 

To miss by that much is simply embarrassing!

 

Here's to the Fish! I look forward to our secondary out receiving his wide receivers!

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While funny I will say people don’t really understand how far of a throw it actually is throwing from a professional pitchers mound to home.  
 

Even the most confident get up there and then suddenly realize it’s a bit intimidating on that first throw.  It’s a long way away and you’re standing on a mound where you also step down to a degree on the throw compared to just throwing on flat ground elsewhere.  
 

Still funny though 

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2 hours ago, Goin Breakdown said:

I laugh but I know I probably couldn't even reach the plate if I was on target. 


and that’s the ONLY thing you have in common with Malik Willis. amirite?

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I got to do it at a Toledo Mudhens game several years ago; my one and only professional baseball pitch = Strike, right down the middle of the plate. Even the catcher commented on how good it was. I retired from professional baseball before the first inning of the game that day, with a perfect and unblemished pitching record. 🤪

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10 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said:

Man, that’s a bad look for an NFL QB. I had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game 15 years ago. I decided before I got out there that I wasn’t going to  try to throw it full power and end up embarrassing myself like so many others have done.

 

I think I pulled it off pretty well, and I was in a tuxedo no less.
 

 

 

I played in that stadium numerous times on that mound. 

Nice pitch, good for you! 😊

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11 hours ago, Wizard said:

I played both baseball and football in my high school years. While I was never a superstar athlete, I understand that throwing a baseball and football involves a difference in mechanics and technique.

 

However, unless Malik Willis has never attempted to throw a baseball once in his life, he is a professional athlete! He is in the top 0.2% of athletes in his sport and probably a top 5% athlete overall.

 

To miss by that much is simply embarrassing!

 

Here's to the Fish! I look forward to our secondary out receiving his wide receivers!

In terms of arm-related physical ability, Willis is in the top .000001 of athletes in his sport and in the top 1 percent overall: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/malik-willis-one-strongest-arms-111702166.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGP9rZeF48KWNTngBvAxE9_MIABvJli7aGcnLCUreLskX5KTwDwjFj2SdeBpMdzjtDHsZOEhfu1iLrYaCibewtKbL1D2MFpT9IHoboKCDBcROMeVq3YBxAx6AsDL1xgEtVPj4TW7phISlmFrORQ0WYxoEYB__KQJ1Gq36nmgNmjO

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