Former NFL Player Muffs Ceremonial First Pitch
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila is a former NFL player and a co-host on TV's "American Ninja Warrior."
He is not, as fans at Citizens Bank Park saw Thursday night, a candidate for the Philadelphia Phillies' rotation.
The left-handed Gbaja-Biamila took the mound and threw out the first ball - rather, he crazily bounced it up the third base line.
.@Phillies, I think somebody deflated my baseball ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/Gj6nkU2ShN
— Akbar Gbajabiamila (@Akbar_Gbaja) May 10, 2018
His catcher, the Phillie Phanatic, never had a chance.
Fortunately, no one was hurt.
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