Ex-NFL star Taylor Lewan has 'worst day of my athletic life' with disastrous first pitch

Taylor Lewan should instrumentality to the trenches.

The erstwhile NFL violative lineman was invited to propulsion the ceremonial archetypal transportation astatine Thursday's St. Louis Cardinals game, and it was a large disappointment.

Lewan, to his credit, threw the transportation from 60 feet and 6 inches distant arsenic helium toed the rubber astatine Busch Stadium.

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Former violative lineman Taylor Lewan of the Tennessee Titans signs autographs connected the tract earlier a crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars successful Nashville astatine Nissan Stadium Jan. 7, 2024. (Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)

The erstwhile Tennessee Titan, a southpaw, coiled up but sailed the shot person to the first-base on-deck ellipse than location plate, and respective radical were wrong striking distance.

Luckily for Lewan, nary 1 was injured, but a disgusted Lewan threw his chapeau to the tract and punished himself with pushups.

"This is the worst time of my diversion vocation and that includes the Chandler Jones game. I request redemption," Lewan posted connected X, noting the clip Jones sacked Ryan Tannehill 5 times.

Taylor Lewan of the Tennessee Titans runs onto the tract successful a crippled against the Buffalo Bills astatine Highmark Stadium Sept. 19, 2022, successful Orchard Park, N.Y. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

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Even Lewan's erstwhile teammates successful Tennessee, wherever helium spent each 9 of his NFL seasons, posted a GIF of 50 Cent's infamous archetypal pitch from 2013. The 2 are c copies.

But Lewan is primed for a amended show adjacent time.

"Not gonna dwell connected comments astir ‘keeping my chin up’ coming from idiosyncratic without one. No excuses. We person to beryllium better, and determination volition beryllium redemption," he said successful different post.

Taylor Lewan of the Tennessee Titans points anterior to a crippled against the Buffalo Bills astatine Highmark Stadium Sept. 19, 2022, successful Orchard Park, N.Y. (Joshua Bessex/Getty Images)

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Lewan was named to 3 consecutive Pro Bowls from 2016 to 2018.

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