Tom Hanks and Wilson Team Up on First Pitch in Cleveland Guardians Opening Game

Tom Hanks received little help from Pitcher Hill as he ushered in a new era for the Cleveland Guardians.

Hanks was the special guest who threw the ceremonial first pitch at the team’s opening on Friday in the progressive field against the San Francisco Giants. The two-time Best Actor Oscar-winning actor was a fan of the Cleveland Professional Baseball Team after his time in the city in the late 1970s, when he worked as an intern at the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival before Hollywood Lettuce.

The actor has been declared a “Cleveland baseball fan since 1977, when he played his first game at Cleveland Lakefront Municipal Stadium”. This is the team’s first season since dropping the old Indians name, which has been used since 1915; Hanks also helped the team announce the name change last summer.

Adding a nostalgic element to Friday’s game, Hanks continued with Wilson’s remote-controlled version of volleyball, which he came into contact with in the 2000s. Shooting. “If you join Tom, you will also say hello to your former actor from the movie Shooting“This is Wilson, volleyball,” the team doctor said.

After approaching the hill, Hanks held Wilson over his head, with the team logo on one side of the ball and Wilson’s signature on the other side. The fans then watched as Wilson spun around the field as if of his own volition.

Finally, Hanks, who played baseball manager Jimmy Dugan in 1992 own league, The game’s first pitch was thrown to Larry Dobby Jr., son of the late Larry Dobby, a former member of the Cleveland Indians and the first black player in the American League. The Giants defeated the Guardians 4-1.

Tom Hanks brought Wilson to Cleveland to throw the first pitch tonight.

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– CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 15, 2022