Former NFL linebacker Taylor Lewan was left devastated after throwing a disastrous first pitch before Thursday’s St. Louis Cardinals game.
Lewan, who spent the entirety of his career with the Tennessee Titans, was invited to throw the ceremonial first pitch at Busch Stadium alongside his Bussin’ With The Boys podcast co-host and fellow ex-football player Will Compton.
Yet after stepping up to the plate first, the Titans hero suffered a humiliating moment when he sent his effort miles wide of home plate.
His left-handed pitch actually sailed closer to the first-base on-deck circle, where a number of people were watching on.
Fortunately no one was struck by the ball, before a distraught Lewan threw his hat to the field and punished himself by getting down for some pushups.
To rub salt in the wounds, Compton followed him by throwing a much more successful pitch straight into the hands of the Cardinals pitcher Kyle Leahy.
Former NFL linebacker Taylor Lewan threw a disastrous first pitch before a Cardinals game
Lewan initially warned social media about the embarrassing video that was about to go viral later that day by posting on X: ‘Currently at the Cardinals game, and there’s something I need to get ahead of.
‘A video will be surfacing of me throwing a pitch from the mound. Let’s just say… the haters are going to have an absolute field day.’
‘This is the worst day of my athletic career and that includes the Chandler Jones game. I need redemption,’ he later concluded, referencing the infamous time he allowed Jones to sack Ryan Tannehill five times while playing for the Titans.
Lewan then added in another post: ‘No excuses. We have to be better, and there will be redemption.’
His pitching nightmare was reminiscent of 50 Cent’s shambolic attempt back in 2013, when the rap legend also sent the ball flying wide at a New York Mets game.
Lewan enjoyed nine years with Tennessee before retiring from football in 2022, earning three consecutive Pro-Bowl selections in that time.
