Do you know what a bad day at the office looks like? For one blogger, it was throwing an embarrassing first pitch in front of thousands of people at a recent LA Dodgers game.
Blogger and infamous Instagram personality Timothy Sykes was in Los Angeles recently to do what would be a bucket-list item for many baseball fans. In honor of the launch of his new charity community, Karmagawa, he was invited to throw out the first pitch at the LA Dodgers/Seattle Mariners game. But what happened next might have squandered any ambitions Sykes may have had to join the big leagues.
As the announcement of his name echoed through the stadium and he appeared on the jumbotron, Timothy paraded onto the field with his usual bravado and attempted to do a selfie video for his one million Instagram followers while he threw out the first ball of the game. Perhaps it wasn’t the best thing to do while throwing a baseball, which is what he soon learned.
What hilariously followed was perhaps the only pitch of its kind in MLB history. Timothy’s pitch didn’t quite hit the intended target. It sailed far over the head of the catcher. Not exactly a perfect strike. Timothy at least for his part found humor in his fail, but many of the spectators did not.
He was unceremoniously booed from the field by fans as seen here:
Tough crowd. As least it was an experience that he likely will never forget.
Many know Timothy Sykes as the controversial, outspoken reality TV stock trader whom the media dubbed the “Wolf of Instagram”. He became a social media sensation thanks to the over-the-top photos he posts traveling the world, flying on private planes and racing his exotic cars.
Such as this…
But most recently he has portrayed himself as turning a new leaf in life when he created a non-profit foundation which he funded with $4M of his own money. He’s now building an entire online community of philanthropy around that project, which he named Karmagawa. Timothy has pledged to build 1,000 new schools over his lifetime as part of his philanthropic message and so far has come through on more than 40 of those schools in the last 3 years. Most of his schools are located in Asia, Africa and Central America.
Here he broke ground on his 41st school for charity…
Tim’s philanthropy has also benefited a number of other causes such as saving endangered rhinos in Africa:
Despite all the flak he takes for his outlandish lifestyle and spending habits, we salute the charity work Timothy is doing to further education around the world. But given his performance at the LA Dodgers game, we also hope he keeps his day job. Better luck next season, Tim! If they invite you back…
