Position players pitching will never get old, especially when they’re doing stuff like throwing 46 MPH tosses for strikes.
Anthony Rizzo, the Chicago Cubs first baseman who was on the mound in the seventh inning because the Atlanta Braves were up 10-0, threw a pitch that was slightly faster … but the result was striking out reigning National League MVP Freddie Freeman.
Both parties involved — and everyone else — loved it.
The pitch itself actually had a little movement, enough to get Freeman to whiff and smile, and you’ve got to love the crowd at Truist Park going nuts for that moment too. Baseball is fun.
Rizzo struck out Freeman 😭
(via @Cubs)pic.twitter.com/fTVyUPKb4o
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 29, 2021
Freeman, obviously, was fine with that:
#Braves Freddie Freeman on his unfortunate yet hilarious encounter with Anthony Rizzo, the #Cubs first baseman who took the mound to strike out Freeman in the 7th inning: pic.twitter.com/s3QqjgDaFh
— Grant McAuley (@grantmcauley) April 29, 2021
Almost as good as that time Rizzo screamed “FREDERICK!” when he caught Freeman in a rundown earlier this season.
"FREDERICK!"
Anthony Rizzo mic'd up during the rundown is comedy 😂 pic.twitter.com/6mAHEeG5E4
— ESPN (@espn) April 19, 2021
