Hollywood actor Gary Sinise, perhaps best known for his role as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump, threw out the first pitch at Thursday's Texas Rangers-Oakland A's game. Video is below:
Yeah, that was horrible. Notice when Sinise was first handed the ball and he stared at it like he had never seen a baseball before? His throw shouldn't have been all that surprising. But is Sinise's throw, which went about 20 feet, the worst first pitch in recent memory? I have a list of some of the worst after the jump:
John Wall, ATHLETE, point guard for the Washington Wizards:
Gary "Baba Booey" Dell'Abate from the Howard Stern Show [H/T Rico1113]:
Mariah Carey in the Tokyo Dome … in heels:
Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory in 2007 hooks his first pitch toward the first base dugout [H/T gx5]:
Runner Carl Lewis' throw looks eerily similar to singer Mariah Carey's:
In terms of distance, Joan Steinbrenner takes all the cake:
What's worse — throwing it only 10 feet but being able to stay on your feet or this?:
But I don't think it gets anymore embarrassing than being a former stud pitcher and screwing up the ceremonial first pitch:
Leave your nominees in the comments.
