Look: Child refuses to take easy way out, insists on throwing first pitch from mound
Ceremonial first pitches are like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.
There are the good, the bad, the ugly — not to mention the dangerous.
But at the game Friday between the Reds and the Chicago Cubs in Cincinnati, we got what is, without a doubt, the cutest first pitch ever.
A little boy named Nolan got to throw out the first pitch as part of a VIP package.
Nolan knows a pitcher needs to be on the mound. https://t.co/fbft5E3ND8
— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) June 23, 2018
But something seemed off to Nolan, who was all decked out in his Reds uniform.
Nolan looked back and pointed to the mound — that’s where pitchers throw from.
So Adam carried him back a few more feet and set him down, but Nolan was not having it.
He again pointed back to the mound … because that’s where pitchers throw from.
Nolan just became my favorite player on the @Reds https://t.co/xG7V5KpeH0
— Arran Andersen (@arranandersen) June 23, 2018
So Nolan ran on to the hill, looked around at the crowd, and fired the ceremonial first pitch.
It was better than some we’ve seen.
Now that’s a little guy who knows his baseball. If you’re going to throw out the first pitch, you’ve go to do it right!
And what better name for a budding young pitcher than Nolan?
Nolan got the weekend off to a great start for the Reds. They beat the Cubs on Friday 6-3, then won again Saturday and Sunday for a series sweep and their 7th straight win.
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