My thoughts on that "First Pitch" at Citi Field

 

Unsurprisingly, many of you have made fools of yourselves again 😬 #LGM https://t.co/GfC8tasCIr pic.twitter.com/3ViR193b3m

— John Saponaro (@JohnSaponaro) August 16, 2024

                                                                         Media Goon 1st Pitch

I was on X, Facebook, and even fielding texts about Haliey Welch yesterday throwing out the First Pitch. Which wasn't even the official first pitch yesterday. When I threw out my first pitch years ago it was through a company that reached out to me about getting a group together of fellow Mets fans to go to a game. This was basically a sales contest run by this company in conjunction with the Mets and the prize was the winner with most seats sold got to throw out a first pitch. I won, You know who threw out the official first pitch after me? Jim Breuer. Now, Jim Breuer has some off color humor in his routines over the years. Co-starred in Half Baked. For those of you who don't know that movie it was a comedy about pot use and he played a stoner. 

Here is who threw out the Official First Mets Pitch yesterday. Pharaohe Monch a Queens Rapper and a Mets fan.

OH MY!! HOW DO I EXPLAIN TO MY CHILD WHO JIM BREUER IS? WHAT IF MY CHILD LOOKS HIM UP AND SEES SOME OF HIS OFF COLOR HUMOR! This was essentially what Hailey Welch did. She made an off color joke and it went viral. Some on X were saying that they didn't know how to explain this to their kids when they asked, "HEY MOM/DAD WHO IS THIS GIRL THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH?" All you would have to say is "I don't know. But it's cool she got to do it." Problem solved. No? Were you guys upset when any Playboy Playmate through out a first pitch? How about musicians that did end up making hit records but were involved in illegal activities before they were able to change their lives up for the better? How about comedians that work blue material? Gary "Bababooey" Dell'Abatte works for the raunchiest radio show in the history of broadcast and no one complained about that! Yeah I know Howard Stern has been trying to pretend a lot of stuff he did back in the day he didn't do but at the time of that first pitch the show was still pretty wild. Also if your kid is watching Youtube and ticktock you might want to go see what influencers they are following. You'll be appalled. 

Oh one more thing. How many of you don't watch what you say or your other adult friends say around your kids? You guys are G rated all the time? Think about the music or podcasts you listen to in the car or at home. Think about that the next time you are in the car with your kids and you flip out on another driver and don't tell me you have never done that.

As Sap said in his video if you are mad because she got her 15 mins of fame because she went viral and not because she had been working on trying to become famous by honing a talent then I get that. I get that 100 percent.

I am now of the folks who kill the Mets when they do something stupid. But I am also fair to them to when they do good or it's a nothing issue that folks grab the pitchforks and torches for and go after the Mets. You morally upstanding folks going to shout down the casino being built near affordable housing and a school across 126th street too? 

Now let me move on to this. Why was Hailey there. It was to raise awareness for the America's VetDogs charity which helps American War Veterans get paired up with service dogs.

So I guess some of the baseball community wasn’t too happy to see me yesterday 😬

The main reason I went to the game was to spread awareness and donate to America’s vet dogs which pairs dogs with war veterans for a forever home ♾️

Join me in donating to this amazing charity.… pic.twitter.com/MshybcjcgZ

— Haliey Welch (@HalieyWelchX) August 16, 2024

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I donated.