Likely NBA Draft top pick Wembanyama throws baseball with Yankees

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 21, 2023 9:38 am

New York: French teen Victor Wembanyama, the likely top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, rode the subway to Yankee Stadium on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) and threw out the first pitch at a baseball game.

The 7-foot-4 (2.24-meter) giant received his first taste of America's pastime during the New York Yankees' pre-game warm-up, taking practice swings with a bat and testing his grip of a ball before a Major League Baseball contest against Seattle.

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