Haason Reddick, fitting for a first-round draft pick, was certain his stuff would be electric Friday night when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Arizona Diamondbacks game.
The fellow rookies he brought with him expected as much.
“Can’t go up there and look like 50 Cent,” tackle Will Holden said.
Reddick delivered a strike – the Cardinals linebacker was joined by the Phoenix Suns first-round pick, Josh Jackson – and noted that “the D-Backs might want to come holler at me.”
It had been important for Reddick to invite his teammates, who made sure to ask them all after he found out he would be taking the mound.