Tadahito Iguchi threw out the first pitch before Thursday night’s White Sox game. And no, he didn’t do it while horizontal to the ground.
The starting second baseman on the 2005 World Series championship team, Iguchi just retired from his professional baseball career, a 21-year tenure as a pro in both Japan and the United States.
In addition to his first pitch, Iguchi got a congratulatory video featuring messages from Ozzie Guillen, Paul Konerko, Kenny Williams, Geoff Blum, Hawk Harrelson and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Iguchi will always be remembered as a key cog on that championship squad, a much-beloved team that’s still very much in the minds of fans more than a decade after the fact.