“Tell Us You’ve Never Played Another Sport” – Blackhawks’ Top Draft Pick’s Amusingly Awry First Pitch Tickles Fans’ Funny Bones

Published 07/04/2023, 4:54 AM EDT

Being in baseball for over 100 years now, ceremonial first pitches have become a tradition. And baseball, as known by many, is an avid follower of traditions. Following up on the same, ahead of Sunday’s game between the Chicago Cubs and this season’s underdogs, Cleveland Guardians, at Wrigley Field, the Cubs called upon the first draft pick of NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks. But the first pitch went less than many would have expected it to.

While a good-thrown pitch is always celebrated, more often than not, worse-thrown pitches tend to steal the show. And something like this is what happened when the 17-year-old Connor Bedard came onto the mound for the Cubs to have a great start to the game.

When Hockey met Baseball with Blackhawks’ star throwing Cubs game’s pitch

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The top draft of the Blackhawks has already earned quite a lot before getting selected to play in NHL. Considered one of his generation’s most tremendous ice hockey prospects, Bedard might have to take a lesson or two on how to throw a pitch.

As Connor stood before what looked like his team, the Cubs mascot took the catcher position, and the Canadian hockey player threw the ball in the air. It was not a usual pitch thrown in an MLB game to a hitter, but one which looked like what a fielder throws at the bases.

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A good pitch might get unnoticed by baseball fans, but a bad one never does. And it wasn’t bad either, considering that it went straight from Connor’s hands to the mascot’s.

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Fans showered upon Bedard with some light-hearted fun

Connor’s primary sport is not baseball, and he, from the looks of it, will be on a fantastic journey in the NHL. It does not matter if he didn’t throw a perfect pitch. After all, he’s not a professional ball player. Also, only some get the chance to stand on the mound and throw the first pitch to mark the beginning of the game. Hence, it was an achievement for the young star. But that does not mean that fans cannot have some light-hearted fun:

Commenting on the clip of Connor’s first pitch, fans wrote, “Tell us you’ve never played another sport without telling us … 😂”, “Biggest bust in NHL”, “Epic curve lmao”, and “So cool.”

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Even though the Cubs eventually lost Sunday’s game against the Cardinals, Blackhawks’ top prospect definitely stole the show. By the way, how did you like the first pitch thrown by the young star of the NHL? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

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Rakshita Madan is an MLB writer at EssentiallySports, with a prolific portfolio of over 1000 articles to her credit. Rakshita's admiration for the legendary Derek Jeter is well known, but she never lets her personal biases affect her writing. She is particularly intrigued by the twists and turns of the game, and it is this aspect that keeps her hooked on the sport.

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Deepanshi Bajaj

“Tell Us You’ve Never Played Another Sport” – Blackhawks’ Top Draft Pick’s Amusingly Awry First Pitch Tickles Fans’ Funny Bones

When Hockey met Baseball with Blackhawks’ star throwing Cubs game’s pitch

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Fans showered upon Bedard with some light-hearted fun