Actor Rob McElhenney confronted a predicament on Sunday: would he throw his first pitch to Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Bryce Harper or 2008 World Collection champion Chase Utley?
Finally, the “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” star included each. Forward of the London Collection finale between the Phillies and New York Mets, McElhenney turned a double play with Utley and Harper as a substitute of throwing the normal first pitch.
McElhenney, Utley and Harper had been lately featured in a preferred London Collection promo. Within the skit, Utley finds out that McElhenney has been writing each day letters to Harper, asking him to play a recreation of catch.
Per MLB.com’s Todd Zolecki, it is a continuation of the 2009 “It is All the time Sunny in Philadelphia” episode, “The World Collection Protection,” during which McElhenney’s character, Mac, does the identical with Utley.
Following the double play, McElhenney thanked Utley and MLB for inviting him to the London Collection.
“To get a name from one in all my finest mates, Chase, and MLB to be part of rising the game of baseball within the UK was simply such an awesome honor,” he stated, through Zolecki.
