It Begins

Posted on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment

In what is believed to be a baseball first, a robot threw out the first pitch at yesterday’s Brewers-Phillies game in Philadelphia.

Watch out, Cliff Lee.

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One response to “It Begins”

sportsattitudes | April 21, 2011 at 11:08 am |

Unfortunately, the bot bounced the ball to the plate…whereby the Philly Phanatic mascot turned boos to cheers by mimicking a call to the bullpen for another “pitcher.” The bot was crucified on ESPN as a wanna-be pitching machine, especially since the ball didn’t reach home…but most intelligent observers get what was being attempted…I hope…