Jon Scheyer throws out first pitch at a Durham Bulls game on Fourth of July

Duke men’s basketball coach Jon Scheyer spent the Fourth of July throwing out the first pitch at a Durham Bulls game.

Few American pastimes hold the history that baseball does, and the Fourth of July brings more reason than any day of the year to sit in a ballpark and enjoy nine innings with your closest friends and family.

Duke men’s basketball coach [autotag]Jon Scheyer[/autotag] got a little closer to the action in 2024, however. Ahead of a Durham Bulls game against the Norfolk Tides on Thursday, the third-year Blue Devils coach trotted out to the mound for the ceremonial first pitch.

The team released a video of Scheyer on the mound as he tossed the ball toward home plate. He brought his three young children out to celebrate the moment with him, and Durham’s Rob Brantly waited behind the plate for the pitch.

The former Blue Devils star would undoubtedly be more comfortable with a basketball in his hands instead of a baseball, but based on the video of the pitch, the ball seemed to find the strike zone in our eyes.

Despite the festivities of summer, and despite their being months before the first Duke basketball game of the season, Scheyer remains deep in preparation for the 2024-25 schedule. The team’s social media accounts have already released footage from the team’s first scrimmages, and star freshman [autotag]Cooper Flagg[/autotag] is already one of the most popular players in the country.