{"id":270127,"date":"2023-04-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/podcast\/the-best-first-pitch-in-baseball-history-with-george-anagnostakos\/"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:25:09","slug":"the-best-first-pitch-in-baseball-history-with-george-anagnostakos","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/podcast\/the-best-first-pitch-in-baseball-history-with-george-anagnostakos\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best First Pitch in Baseball History? with George Anagnostakos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Leandre survived a rare cancer diagnosis as a child, became a beloved member of Red Sox Nation, and then threw perhaps the best first pitch in baseball history. TV writer\/producer George Anagnostakos breaks down this moment in painstaking detail, discusses the importance of the stadium organ (55:50), and assembles his Dream Team of movie character basketball players (01:07:35).<br \/>\n Showtime Codes:<br \/>\n (13:13) AFV is YouTube before YouTube\u00a0 (19:41) Why shortstop is an excellent phrase\u00a0 (23:00) Jordan's pitch: cocky or comfortable? (25:50) Bad first pitches are the modern day public execution\u00a0 (32:00) \"Yeeehk\" - the sound Jordan's face made\u00a0 (39:23)\u00a0 Neil and George moonlight as foley artists (40:50) Wally the Green Monster can't take his eyes off the ball (46:40) \"Marshawn Lynch correctly identified me as a coward\"\u00a0 (46:49) George is the guy in Marshawn's prank videos at Ike's and the sneaker store (55:50) Did the organ player play a special note? (01:03:50) Devil's advocate: Other bad first pitches\u00a0 (01:05:50) Is Conor McGregor's first pitch the worst? (01:07:35) Brand New segment: DREAM TEAM (01:18:22) Special Guest Anthony Capobianco joins the pod!\u00a0 (01:19:25) Anthony pinpoints the place of impact on his body (01:28:00) Wally's burning question: \"how close was it to the family jewels?\" (01:32:49) George's impression of Jeffrey Tambor in Muppets from Space<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jordan Leandre survived a rare cancer diagnosis as a child, became a beloved member of Red Sox Nation, and then threw perhaps the best first pitch in baseball history. 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