--- description: Snoop Dogg had the honor of throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the San Diego Padres-Atlanta Braves game Tuesday night title: Watch What Happened When Snoop Dogg Threw the First Pitch at a Padres Game image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch What Happened When Snoop Dogg Threw the First Pitch at a Padres Game by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2016 4:41 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2016 4:41 PM CUT Snoop Dogg had the honor of throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the San Diego Padres-Atlanta Braves game Tuesday night and it was far from a home run. The pitch flew nowhere near the catcher as the cameraman and fellow bystanders dodged the ball. Snoop expressed lots of excitement before the game — unfortunately, his throwing abilities didn’t quite match his enthusiasm, [according to TODAY](http://www.today.com/popculture/snoop-dogg-rivals-50-cent-his-terrible-first-pitch-padres-t97311 "undefined"). > [](https://twitter.com/Padres/status/740630306646953985) Snoop’s pitch had a lot in common with fellow rapper [50 Cent’s throw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-yuxF-C4%5F8 "undefined"), which MLB commentators dubbed “not great.” Snoop, who played a set as “DJ Snoopadelic” after the game, took the disastrous throw in good stride and laughed it off. > [](https://twitter.com/FOXSportsSD/status/740638062099632128) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4362877/snoop-dogg-first-pitch-baseball-padres-braves/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4362877/snoop-dogg-first-pitch-baseball-padres-braves/"},"headline":"Watch What Happened When Snoop Dogg Threw the First Pitch at a Padres Game","datePublished":"2016-06-09T16:41:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:12.523Z","description":"There's no pitching contract in his future any time soon","url":"https://time.com/4362877/snoop-dogg-first-pitch-baseball-padres-braves/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4362877/snoop-dogg-first-pitch-baseball-padres-braves/","name":"Watch What Happened When Snoop Dogg Threw the First Pitch at a Padres Game"}}]}] ```