Tag: Bad first pitches

Steve Aoki’s terrible first pitch makes a lot of sense after hearing Matt Barnes’ pregame advice

That explains everything.

In a sense, it’s easy to understand why we often see some abysmal attempts at the ceremonial first pitch. You’re asking non-baseball players to throw a ball in front of a lot of people with no warmup. It’s tough.

But this wasn’t the first time DJ Steve Aoki had been in that situation, but it was the first time he absolutely airmailed a throw into the top netting at Fenway Park.

Well, we now know why the terrible throw happened the way it did. Aoki got some questionable pregame advice from Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes, and he took that advice to heart.

The Red Sox shared a video on TikTok of Aoki and Barnes chatting it up before the first pitch. Aoki had mentioned to Barnes that he failed to even make it to home plate on his previous first pitch attempts. That was when Barnes told Aoki, “Aim higher, let it eat … throw it as hard as you can.”

Aoki did just that …

At first, it seemed like an intentional attempt to go viral with a bad throw because, uh, who launches a first pitch like that? But after seeing that video, it all makes so much sense. He took Barnes’ advice a bit too literally.

MLB fans thought it was great too.

Steve Aoki absolutely launched his first pitch at Fenway and MLB fans had jokes

That had to be on purpose.

The Boston Red Sox are currently at the bottom of the AL East standings, but if they need any help, Steve Aoki is standing by. He has a cannon.

The Red Sox welcomed the DJ to Fenway Park on Monday to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the game against the Astros. And while we have seen some bad first pitches over the years, I don’t think we’ve seen anyone completely airmail a throw quite as badly as Aoki did.

His throw was so off the mark that it ended up in the top netting above the seats behind home plate. Like, if not for that netting, he would have thrown that pitch into the stands.

I don’t know if you could call that the worst first pitcher ever because it at least had distance. But if Jarrett Jack’s buzzer beater was a ceremonial first pitch, it would definitely have been that right there.

MLB fans almost couldn’t believe that throw.