The baseball season in the United States got underway and featured a special guest for the traditional first pitch in the game between the Miami Marlins and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Neymar changed sports for a moment and participated in this ceremony.
Wearing a t-shirt and white shorts, the soccer player became a pitcher to throw from the mound. Amid laughter and applause from the public present at Miami’s loanDepot Park, he sent the ball into the hands of Venezuelan Luis Arráez.
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According to images that circulated on social networks, several Marlins players took photographs with the Brazilian, who received the local team’s uniform with his name and the number 10 on the back.
The presence of the forward did not bring much luck to the Marlins, who lost the first game of the Major League Baseball (MLB) season 5-6. The champions of the last World Series are the Texas Rangers, a team that beat the Chicago Cubs to start the new campaign in the best way.
Global soccer superstar Neymar throws out the first pitch at the Pirates-Marlins game for #OpeningDay ⚽️ pic.twitter.com/iSetgy5gci
— MLB (@MLB) March 28, 2024
Neymar’s sports tour in Miami
Rehabilitating his torn knee ligaments and meniscus, the Al Hilal forward of Saudi Arabia is in Miami as part of a tour that included appearances at the main sporting events in that Florida city.
He was at the Miami Tennis Open last Monday to witness a triumph by the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he later talked and took photographs accompanied by the star of the NBA’s Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler.
He also witnessed the Heat’s match against Stephen Curry’s Golden State Warriors, which was also attended by his former FC Barcelona teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.
