Bulls' Joakim Noah throws a terrible first pitch at White Sox game

It's not every day in life you get second chances. Or second first-pitches, but Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah was given that opportunity at the Chicago White Sox game against the Oakland A's on Thursday.

Author:
Extra Mustard
Publish date:
Sep 11, 2014

It's not every day in life you get second chances. Or second first-pitches. Chicago Bulls star Joakim Noah was given that opportunity Thursday after throwing out a horrendous (first) first-pitch at the hometown White Sox game.

Noah's original first pitch, thrown ahead of the White Sox's 1-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, didn't reach the plate, but when given another chance, he didn't waste the opportunity. He threw a rainbow over the heart of the plate.

Here's a GIF of the sequence from MLB.com:

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