American Ninja Warrior and NFL Network’s Akbar Gbaja-Biamila was tabbed to throw out the first pitch at today’s Giants-Phillies game. A simple task on paper, but as we all know it’s a surefire way to go viral for all the wrong reasons if not executed properly.
How did Gbaja-Biamila fare? Well, he gets some style points for working in a Bronson Arroyo-esque leg kick. Beyond that, however, it was a total disaster that likely killed some worms:
.@Phillies, I think somebody deflated my baseball ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/Gj6nkU2ShN
— Akbar Gbajabiamila (@Akbar_Gbaja) May 10, 2018
This was so stunningly terrible colleague Kurt Warner had to tweet and ask if this really happened:
I’m a firm believer someone use CGI to sabotage my first pitch. I’m a great representative for why baseball is big in the hood
— Akbar Gbajabiamila (@Akbar_Gbaja) May 10, 2018
Now while this was bad, I’m not going to extreme lengths like some people who are comparing it to 50 Cent’s outing at the Mets game a couple years ago. That was by the far the worst first pitch of all time, and here it is again if you needed a refresher:
Mets are giving @50cent a chance at redemption 👀 https://t.co/3Akzae5fva pic.twitter.com/Ogd2QuBb8g
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 12, 2018
