OT: Babe Ruth's daughter, 98, throws first pitch at Fenway Park

[baztacula]

Originally Posted by jcmtiger

Give me a break, at 98 that was a good throw. Just hope you live that long

It wasn't a "good throw" in any sense. They should have had her drop the ball into the catcher's glove so it wouldn't have looked so ridiculous. People would have cheered and we wouldn't be having this conversation.

[vthobby]

Actually DB if you have ever played baseball then that throw was a fine throw in the sense that it was straight and right to the person it was intended to go to.

When a 3B bounces a throw to the 1B, it is sometimes considered fine if it gets to the target any which way.

As a former infielder, I would have taken that throw from my 2B instead of some of the tosses I got over my head or into the outfield on double plays.

I liked that throw. Babe Ruth would have been proud.

Peace, Mike

[clydepepper]

db -= lightning rod = buzz kill

[Peter_Spaeth]

I imagine 99.999 percent of people watching would celebrate the event and not critique the quality of the throw.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I imagine 99.999 percent of people watching would celebrate the event and not critique the quality of the throw.

+1

[clydepepper]

There is an even better clip of her being interviewed in the Cubs Media Booth relating stories about her dad, and singing for the 7th Inning Stretch

My tech-not skills prevented me from cutting and pasting the link, so if someone more adept would please do so, we can all enjoy!
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Strange series of centennials/or near so throwing out first pitches in the last week. A couple days ago, a 103 year old did so in Baltimore only to be bested by a 108 year old later in the same day in Seattle. The last was alive when the Cubs won the series That's a lot of living, congratulations to them!