I wondered in my head what clinch meant because quite frankly, baseball isn’t my world. I would learn that in this game, if the Red Sox won, they were going to be going to the playoffs. No pressure, right?!
If that weren’t enough, allow me to set the stage a bit for you.
A crowd of 37,000 was in attendance —GULP! They were all gonna watch little old me throw a baseball to Boston’s Blake Swihart, while representing the WWE. That all seems simple enough, despite the fact that a quick YouTube search of ceremonial pitches reveals a host of embarrassing efforts by some of the most famous people on Earth, some viewed millions of times. Also, never search YouTube to research something you’re about to do!
I am, however, a Hart. You know, that whole “best there is, best there was, best there ever will be” thing?!
I had only one dilemma: I hadn’t thrown a baseball since I was eight years old. Come to think of it, I’m can’t even be sure that what I threw when I was eight was even a baseball. It could have been a softball for all I remember!
Leading up to the big day, I had hemmed and hawed for several days in anticipating of throwing out this pitch. I contemplated practising in my backyard with my dad. I mean, he did earn his nickname (Anvil) for his world-class throwing skills (that, you should Google).
Alas, the practice never saw the light of day. I had to stay on the road and work and wasn’t able to make it home. The game was fast approaching and I was about to throw out the first pitch in one of the most famed baseball stadiums of all time. Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb played in Fenway Park. Again, No pressure!
Come game day, and minus any practice whatsoever, the second I walked into the stadium, I was trying to hide my nervousness and anticipation from the Boston Red Sox representative who was with me and Jen, the WWE representative who escorted me. They asked me if I had practised and I debated in my head whether I should say “Oh my dad and I practiced for hours in my backyard.” But all I could muster up was the truth: “You know, I haven’t been home to practice at all.”
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Source – Calgary Sun
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