Conor McGregor has been showing up at U.S. sporting events the past few days. He was at Sunday’s Chargers-Cowboys game. And on Tuesday, the Cubs decided for some reason to welcome the UFC star to Wrigley Field to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.
It didn’t go well.
Now, a few years ago, McGregor received the meme treatment from NFL fans when he was filmed throwing a football like someone who has never thrown a football before. His form was all over the place then, and Tuesday’s attempt at throwing a baseball wasn’t much better.
Taking the mound in a full suit, McGregor launched the ball 20 feet wide and into the backstop.
Here's the video
Conor McGregor, Mechanics. pic.twitter.com/j1brsqFFXx
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 21, 2021
Was it 50 Cent bad? Probably not — though some fans thought it was worse. McGregor at least had some distance on the throw.
But it also didn’t look like McGregor had any intention of throwing towards home plate at all. It seemed like his game plan was just to take that baseball and throw it as far as he could with no thought about accuracy.
Predictably, fans roasted the terrible first pitch.
This was how Twitter reacted
Folks I’m calling this as the worst first pitch in history. It’s so much worse than 50 cent, Chris Rock, or Baba Booey because he’s a professional athlete. https://t.co/xlevlFwaXR
— Prank Stallone (@theCJS) September 21, 2021
The DGAFness to throw the ball at that intent with no intentions of throwing a strike with the camera crew literally right in front of hit face is the DGAFness I can get behind. https://t.co/Ow8Ii4Orss
— KingofJUCO (@KingofJUCO) September 21, 2021
There was a second where I was like okay it doesn't look too bad! Then he threw the ball and.. my lord. https://t.co/QJhLWB3ZDj
— Brad (@BelievelandBrad) September 21, 2021
Worst ceremonial first pitch in #MLB history?
For me, this crushes 50 Cent. https://t.co/lxCCxnpgsY
— Nick Alberga (@thegoldenmuzzy) September 21, 2021
This makes 50 Cent look like Jacob deGrom. https://t.co/mxgHIOtsC7
— Matt Kardos (@mattkardos) September 21, 2021
McGregor fans will go to the grave arguing it was a strike https://t.co/kIh2lZaoEF
— Greg Ehrenberg (@gehrenbergdfs) September 21, 2021
*Tyler O’Neill at the plate*
Phil Cuzzi: STRIKE https://t.co/LKi3YNa26L
— Ryan (@The_Ryan_Shull) September 21, 2021
This is embarrassing for a lot of reasons. https://t.co/2CsIBNvS9q
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) September 21, 2021
Ironically enough this first pitch from Conor is a perfect representation of how the Cubs’ season has gone. Sideways https://t.co/ciPzKvleJ5
— Jacob Bigelow (@The_Bigelow) September 21, 2021
Ron Kulpa calling this a strike pic.twitter.com/KPsSg5EpoL https://t.co/tkoroQvBTI
— 🛰 (@IDespiseHockey) September 21, 2021
This is an all-timer. https://t.co/o3ZY43DBx9
— Slavko Bekovic (@SBekovic) September 21, 2021
Top 5 worst-ever first pitch, easy https://t.co/bfj4yY0faQ
— James Pethokoukis (@JimPethokoukis) September 21, 2021
He’ll be hearing about that one for a long time.
