Weighing in at over 600 lbs (or approximately two William Howard Tafts), Hawaiian sumo wrestler Konishiki throws out the first pitch at the 1998 Super Dome All-Star Series in Tokyo
Weighing in at over 600 lbs (or approximately two William Howard Tafts), Hawaiian sumo wrestler Konishiki throws out the first pitch at the 1998 Super Dome All-Star Series in Tokyo
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Inspired by u/andapeartree’s recent posts. I assume this is probably the record for heaviest person to ever throw out a first pitch.
To keep this educational, here’s [a SABR article about the 1998 MLB all-star exhibition tour in Japan](https://sabr.org/journal/article/the-1998-super-dome-all-star-series-in-japan/) that this was a part of.
And for fun, [here’s a bit of Konishiki in action off the diamond](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8luVYmg3fI).
That’s Bartolo Colon
Is his jersey number his weight in kilograms?
Edit: 333 kg is just over 734 lbs, but I’m not skilled enough at guessing weight to say he looks 734 lbs with confidence.
he must be good if the team is named after him
You can’t fool me. I know Big Sexy Bartolo when I see him.
Laugh all you want, the guy was an ozeki, meaning that he was a better athlete than 98 percent of us.
Pablo Sandoval attempts another return to the Giants.
that baseball looks like a golf ball in that big ol mitt
Looks a lot like when Chris Christie threw out the first pitch
Honestly his arm action from the two pictures looks pretty good. Might have played ball in HS
Absolute unit
Grand Sumo is INCREDIBLY fun to watch! Konishiki is cool as dude.
Where can one buy a legite Tokyo Giants hat?
That’s like a big baby
His throwing motion isn’t that bad.
I weigh half that and feel like that’s how I look every second of every day.
Oh lawd, he throwin!
Bravo to the people who made a reasonable baseball uniform for someone with the body shape of Patrick Star.
Anything but the metric system…
He looks like he knows how to throw too
This is the kind of body Barry Bonds’ post-steroid head needed for proper support.
El Guapo looking good
And here I thought I was the only person who weighed things on the William Howard Taft scale.
I remember Rich Garces
Thought the Giants signed Alek Manoah for a second.
That’s a lot of fabric
Really Big Sexy.
I think I remeber him from those old Visa card commercials in the 2000s, lol.
His mechanics don’t look half bad… but they did him dirty.
#333 – really?