Twenty year old forward Harry Kane of Tottenham Hotspur threw out a ceremonial first pitch tonight at Wrigley Field before the Chicago Cubs of MLB took on the San Diego Padres. The event is leading up to Spurs’ international friendly against the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park Saturday, July 26.
He, along with Michael Dawson, also exchanged shirts with MLB All-Star Anthony Rizzo.
The north London side held a competition at their Training Centre that involved pitching balls at targets to determine who would throw the ceremonial first pitch.
Members of the Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) joined us before their friendly at @ChicagoFire this Saturday: pic.twitter.com/jbiSMvyF7K
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 25, 2014
#THFCTOUR – @hkane28 and Daws exchanged shirts with @ARizzo44 before tonight’s @MLB game with @Padres @ @Cubs. pic.twitter.com/D1H8FIUCGW
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 25, 2014
#THFCTOUR – @hkane28 is at Wrigley Field and all set to throw the first pitch at the @Cubs v @Padres game! pic.twitter.com/dQfPdpVbMo
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 24, 2014
Harry Kane made his way through the youth teams at Tottenham Hotspur before making his senior debut for Tottenham on 25 August 2011 in the Europa Cup. Kane has represented England at U17, U19, U20 & U21 levels. Eddie Vedder, of Pearl Jam fame, will lead the 7th inning stretch that night.
Paul M. Banks owns The Sports Bank.net, an affiliate of Fox Sports and Yahoo! He’s been a guest on news talk shows all across the world. Banks has been featured in numerous media outlets including NFL.com, Forbes, Bleacher Report, Deadspin, ESPN, NBC, CBS, the History Channel and more. Follow him on Twitter (@paulmbanks)