{"id":64339,"date":"2018-04-28T08:01:31","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T08:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=64339"},"modified":"2018-04-28T08:01:31","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T08:01:31","slug":"baker-mayfield-misses-mark-throwing-ceremonial-first-pitch-indians-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/baker-mayfield-misses-mark-throwing-ceremonial-first-pitch-indians-game.html","title":{"rendered":"Baker Mayfield misses the mark while throwing out ceremonial first pitch at Indians game"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 18pt;color: #000000\">Baker Mayfield misses the mark while throwing out ceremonial first pitch at Indians game<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The Cleveland Browns caught a lot of heat for making Baker Mayfield the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">And on Friday it was Mayfield throwing the heat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">The 2017 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback joined new teammate and fellow first-round selection Denzel Ward on the mound at Cleveland&#8217;s Progressive Field to throw out the first pitch before the Indians&#8217; home game against the Seattle Mariners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">And the results were less than stellar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Despite being known for his accuracy on the football field \u2014 he completed a nation-best 70.5% of his passes at Oklahoma last season \u2014 Mayfield missed high and wide to his target.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Mayfield enjoyed a solid baseball career in high school, hitting .338 while playing first and third base and shortstop in two varsity seasons at Austin Lake Travis in Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">Mayfield, the first quarterback taken No. 1 overall by the Browns since Tim Couch in 1999, is expected to serve as the Browns&#8217; backup to Tyrod Taylor this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">More: Mayfield could be &#8216;outlier&#8217; Browns have been searching for at QB<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">More: Mayfield says sitting during 2018 this season will be &#8216;great thing for me&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #000000\">NFL draft 2018 tracker: Pick-by-pick analysis of every selection in Round 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 8pt;color: #000000\">Source:-https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2018\/04\/27\/baker-mayfield-misses-mark-while-throwing-out-ceremonial-first-pitch-indians-game\/560377002\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/baker-mayfield-misses-mark-throwing-ceremonial-first-pitch-indians-game.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baker Mayfield misses the mark while throwing out ceremonial first pitch at Indians game The Cleveland Browns caught a lot of heat for making Baker Mayfield the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday And on Friday it was Mayfield throwing the heat. 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