Alvin Kamara botches first pitch at Chicago Cubs game, asks for redo

In Chicago for the NASCAR Street Race this weekend, Alvin Kamara threw out the first pitch at the Cubs game on Saturday. Rather, he threw two of them.

Kamara’s first pitch was well short and bounced past mascot Clark the Cub. He didn’t hesitate before asking for a redo, and the second attempt went better – although it was just a bit outside.

Kamara’s first pitch came ahead of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race, and he serves as an ambassador for the sport. Of course, he’s also getting ready for this season with the New Orleans Saints under first-year coach Kellen Moore.

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Kamara put together another impressive season in 2024 as he made an impact in both the passing and rushing games for the Saints. He ended the year with 950 rushing yards and six touchdowns while adding 543 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Now, New Orleans will undergo some notable changes. Moore is now in as head coach after Dennis Allen’s departure last year, and he praised Kamara’s ability to make an impact on multiple fronts as they get ready to work together.

“Alvin’s obviously one of the premier players in our league, his ability to run the football and play in the pass game,” Moore said of Kamara last month, via NewOrleansSaints.com’s John DeShazier. “And so, we want to utilize every aspect of that.

“He’s going to be a really big-time, impactful runner, running the football first and foremost. And then obviously the pass game, his ability to create matchups is going to be a huge advantage for us.

Kamara also expressed his excitement for the new era in New Orleans with training camp on the horizon. With a “new” and “different” energy in the building, he said it’s soon going to be about winning football games, as well.

“We’re in a new, kind of different energy to the team that I’ve kind of been on my whole career,” Kamara said. “It’s kind of been the same since I got here. Now, a change coming in – it’s different, I’ve got to kind of train my mind to be like, ‘I can’t look at how things used to be done.’ I’ve got to get with this. It’s not hard, but two days, it’s cool but we’ll see during camp, when camp starts.

“I think it was needed. Obviously in this league you want to win, and we haven’t been doing much of that consistently enough.”