ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith is known for yelling words like “preposterous” or “embarrassing” during his day job on television. Well, either adjective would have done nicely in describing Smith’s attempt at throwing out the first pitch ahead of Thursday’s matchup between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium.
To the delight of many, Smith made an utter fool of himself. Aside from poor form, his first mistake was throwing from the mound, which caused his surprisingly on-target pitch to come up woefully short of the plate.