Missouri Tiger football coach Gary Pinkel was scheduled to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Rockies-Cardinals game, but instead put the ball into the trusty hands of his QB Chase Daniel.
The crowd gave a standing ovation to Daniel and one of his favorite wide receiver targets, Jeremy Maclin and in a nice touch, Daniel brought out a ball he was more accustomed to throwing…a football.
It certainly couldn’t have been the pressure of throwing in front of a bunch of people, or the fact that the weather conditions weren’t ideal, both of which Daniel is used to, so I’m going to blame the fact that Daniel BOUNCED the pitch/pass into Maclin from 60 feet 6 inches on standing on the mound.
Let’s hope the incomplete, wild pitch is not a sign of things to come this upcoming season for the Tiger football team
