Baker Mayfield's professional career starts with controversy in 1st public appearance

Right now, Baker Mayfield owns Cleveland.

The Heisman Trophy winner was, of course, the surprise No. 1 overall pick by the Browns in the NFL draft Thursday night.

Many experts believed USC’s Sam Darnold or Wyoming’s Josh Allen would be the choice, but Mayfield’s moxie and accuracy with the Oklahoma Sooners seemed to put him over the top.

Did we say accuracy?

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Well, hopefully for Browns fans Mayfield has a lot more accuracy with a football than he did with a baseball.

On Friday, he and fellow first-rounder Denzel Ward were at Progressive Field to throw out the first pitch before the Indians game.

Sure, it had been a whirlwind 24 hours for the former Sooner, but he did get to warm up.

#Browns Baker Mayfield is heating up for his ceremonial first pitch this evening. #NFL pic.twitter.com/O9b4GNLXoC

— John Alfes (@JohnAlfes) April 27, 2018

And then came this:

Let's hope Baker Mayfield's first throw for the Browns goes better than his first pitch before Friday's Indians game. (via @Cut4)pic.twitter.com/QNTz9wNQo8

— Yahoo Sports MLB (@MLByahoosports) April 27, 2018

With Cleveland being the home of the movie series “Major League,” you knew what was coming next.

https://twitter.com/JordanRichison/status/990013765495160833

@bakermayfield needs to throw out a pitch @Indians game like this 😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/tXaoLCWPlB

— Steven Poole (@Spoole2) April 27, 2018

Some Browns fans seem resigned to their fate before the games even start.

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Baker Mayfield threw out the first pitch at the Indians’ game tonight. It was intercepted. #Browns

— Mike Kilroy (@KilroyWasHere7) April 28, 2018

I wasn't excited about the Baker Mayfield pick. After seeing him throw out the first pitch last night, I'm sure this will be another disaster. #qbsshouldbeabletothrow

— Colleen McIntyreGale (@cmcgale72) April 28, 2018

Maybe the good news is that Mayfield’s pitch was better than Ward’s — although Ward is a defensive back.

Plus, Mayfield did actually throw one pass that made everyone happy.

.@bakermayfield's first TD pass in Cleveland 😂

🎥: @sliderthemascot @Indians pic.twitter.com/985ATFdBkp

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) April 28, 2018

We suspect that if Baker throws like that instead of like his first pitch, everything will be alright.

Time will tell.

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