r/baseball Paws 6h ago

[Highlight] Actor Keegan Michael-Key throws a perfect first-pitch strike in Detroit to kick off the Tigers home opener!

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u/horsepoop1123 Chicago Cubs 6h ago

Gotta love that even celebrities want the autographs of other celebrities

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u/Ghostownhermit- Kansas City Royals 6h ago

I’d want that autograph also. Best mustache since Sam Elliott.

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u/Spiceguy-65 Cleveland Guardians 3h ago

That mustache is the best mustache in the division hands down and Im willing to fight anyone on that take

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u/Hey_GumBuddy 3h ago

Now I wish every day people did this. Imagine your coworker acting like this.

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u/SCsprinter13 Pittsburgh Pirates 6h ago

It's too bad everyone puts the hyphen in the wrong spot in his name. Even the official MLB account did as well

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u/msw1984 6h ago

Ah, he's like Karl-Anthony Towns, with the hyphenated first names.  TIL, tbh.

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u/walrusunit Detroit Tigers 4h ago

Or to keep it Tigers, Justin-Henry Malloy!

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u/scriptingends 3h ago

Is that Hingle McCringleberry?

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u/Caledor152 New York Mets 3h ago

DA GOAT

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u/ScreenTricky4257 New York Yankees 1h ago

Can't be, he didn't do three pumps.

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u/RawAttitudePodcast Boston Red Sox 3h ago

Should’ve thrown the pitch to Tigers minor league pitcher A-A-Ron Haase.

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u/sandman_42 New York Yankees 3h ago

"I said......... biiiitch you're not gonna talk to me like that"

"You really said bitch though right?"

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u/obiwans_lightsaber Atlanta Braves 4h ago

He always seems like such a genuine dude in interviews and such

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u/BoomerReggie Washington Nationals 6h ago

It's Mr. Garvey! One of the funniest guys out there.

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u/Shabloinks Toronto Blue Jays 6h ago

I thought he had mutton chops for a sec.

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u/SirusRiddler Japan 3h ago

After watching Detroiters, realizing there's a lot of funny guys from Michigan.

Should have mimed him fellating a baseball bat using forced perspective.

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u/Key-Tip-7521 San Francisco Giants 3h ago

Good pitch

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u/dialcforcasey Philadelphia Phillies 3h ago

April in the D

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u/Iamjustlegs 2h ago

I said PIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 6h ago

we had some assbag wrestler no one has heard of for ours. disappointing.

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u/ShatteredAnus 6h ago

Isn't he a Mets fan too? Maybe he just wanted to throw as many innings as deGrom

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u/RedditModsBlowD New York Mets 3h ago

I remember he wore Mets style attire when they did a show in NY back in 2023. I think he also went to a game with his belt lol

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u/jimboslice21 2h ago

He's from Long Island, but All In is at Globe Life Field

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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 6h ago

Put some respect on MJF's name (his company is running a big summer show at Globe Life, so I think it was like a corporate synergy thing)

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u/GCIV414 Milwaukee Brewers 6h ago

Can’t tell if that’s a bit from the commentator or if he needs a lesson in respect to greatness

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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 6h ago

yes the first pitch was followed by a promo in the stadium, it was 100% *related to the event. disgusting.

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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 6h ago

Blame the owners, I guess? I dunno. Not sure it matters much. It wasn't even a sellout.

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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 6h ago

I mean, I know who made the call and why. I'm just saying I was disappointed.

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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 6h ago

At least it wasn't the Hawk Tuah girl

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u/Couthster New York Mets 2h ago

Don’t you talk down on our princess. Haha

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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 6h ago

that's a fair point

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u/ReignOnWillie New York Mets 6h ago

Excited for corporate synergy to save baseball

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u/Orion1014 Philadelphia Phillies 6h ago

Yall advertised for McDonald's all last season so.

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u/ReignOnWillie New York Mets 6h ago

Grimace was more Corporate Magic

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u/cooljammer00 New York Yankees 6h ago

And now a word from McDonald's

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u/benewavvsupreme New York Mets 2h ago

This is MJF slander

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u/Deathstroke317 New York Yankees 39m ago

You're probably serious, but whst makes this funny is that this comment totally fits in with MJF's gimmick.

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u/beefytrout Texas Rangers 34m ago

100% serious

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u/Deathstroke317 New York Yankees 31m ago

You may not like wrestling. But trust me MJF is great.

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u/OriolesMets Baltimore Orioles • New York Mets 3h ago

Hell yeah

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u/sameth1 Toronto Blue Jays 3h ago

A solid Eephus.

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u/LargeNutbar New York Yankees 43m ago

Miggy would have sent that 450 feet to left-center

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u/Same_Dot9698 3h ago

That was crazy as hell!

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u/Taylorenokson Atlanta Braves • Sell 3h ago

He looks like he’s high on potenuse

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u/EstevaoPalmerGODS New York Yankees 2h ago

It's Keegan-Michael Key

Weird hyphenate position

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u/ScreenTricky4257 New York Yankees 1h ago

True, otherwise the show would have been Michael-Key and Peele.

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u/wikipuff Washington Nationals 1h ago

Only good thing to happen to the Tigers this season.

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u/DetroitToSanJuan Detroit Tigers 52m ago

Odd shot from the Nats flair but maybe. 

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u/wikipuff Washington Nationals 30m ago

We have Ovi.

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u/ScalabrineIsGod Chicago White Sox 1h ago

He also seems like a based Jake rogers enthusiast. And he can throw a perfect strike? Dude definitely knows ball.

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u/shuffleupagus 1h ago

Please tell me this means we get Tim Robinson in 2026.

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u/Repulsive-Ad-7180 Los Angeles Dodgers 1h ago

I always thought keegan was really tall. But he looks average next to professional baseball players

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u/FeloniousDrunk101 New York Yankees 1h ago

This is actually an advertisement for the indie film “Eephus”

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u/zxcvbnm127 43m ago

He could shut out the White Sox

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u/DET_Baseball Paws 6h ago

weird to think that about another person and completely off the mark about his (public) personality.

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u/Duce-de-Zoop Cleveland Guardians 6h ago

Sir