The Second First Pitch
Though last night was the first game of the baseball season, today if Opening Day. Huzzah! The Chicago Cubs home opener is today, and ultimately that's joy enough. And as a baseball bonus, we return you to Riccardo Muti, from 2012 when he threw out the first pitch at a Cubs game.
I find it adorable that Muti (who wore his personal "Muti" Cubs jersey in the video yesterday of him conducting "Take Me Out to the Ball Game") seems to love the Cubs, particularly since he's from Italy and didn't grow up on baseball or perhaps ever played it at all. But we know now that he's a lefty. Not the same form on the mound (or front of the mound) as on the podium, but he did get it to the plate.
By the way, listen closely in the background as he walks to the mount. The P.A. is playing Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
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