John Lynch, the 49ers’ new general manager, threw the first pitch in the history of the Miami Marlins.
“Really good arm,” said Gary Hughes, who was the Marlins’ scouting director when they selected Lynch, a pitcher out of Stanford, in the second round of the 1992 draft.
The Marlins entered the majors in 1993 as an expansion team, and Lynch started the first game in franchise history a year earlier, for the Erie Sailors of the New York-Penn League, a Class A affiliate.
The first pitch was high for a ball, called by future big-league umpire Dan Isagna.