Taylor Lewan’s Wild First Pitch Flop at Cardinals Game Sparks Viral Redemption Vow

Former NFL lineman Taylor Lewan took the mound at Busch Stadium for the ceremonial first pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals game, and let’s just say, it was a swing and a miss—way off the plate. The ex-Tennessee Titan, known for his grit in the trenches, launched a southpaw pitch that veered closer to the first-base on-deck circle than the catcher’s mitt, nearly turning spectators into unintentional fielders.

In a moment of self-aware defeat, Lewan tossed his hat to the ground and dropped for pushups, as if atoning for the baseball sin. “This is the worst day of my athletic career,” he declared on X, even trumping the game where Chandler Jones sacked his quarterback five times. Ouch.

His former Titans teammates didn’t let it slide, playfully jabbing with a GIF of 50 Cent’s equally infamous 2013 pitch—a moment so bad it’s practically a rite of passage for wayward throwers. But Lewan’s not one to sulk. “No excuses. We have to be better, and there will be redemption,” he vowed online, shrugging off the chin-up comments with a jab at the chins of his critics.

Lewan, a three-time Pro Bowler from 2016 to 2018, is no stranger to bouncing back. Here’s hoping his next pitch finds the strike zone—or at least the right zip code.