David Cone threw out the first pitch before game 1 of the ALCS, and it wasn’t your traditional first pitch. He dropped down to throw a slider, and it crossed the heart of the plate all the way from the mound.
Cone, who had been on John Sterling’s radio show before the game, said he nearly forgot about throwing the first pitch, but made it in time to throw a few warm up pitches.
Cone was a successful pitcher in the majors to say the least. He won four World Series rings with the Yankees, won a Cy Young Award and threw a perfect game with the
